Dell City, TX 79847 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dell City, TX, ZIP 79847
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/13, roughly 228 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 196 frost-free days later.
Dell City sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Dell City has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/13 isn't a guarantee
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dell City compares
At roughly 196 frost-free days, Dell City places 19,084 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,463 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Dell City can differ from the 79847 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Dell City's frost date answer different questions.