Frost Dates for 79041 — Hale Center, Texas

Half of springs at Plainview Wtr Productn, TX see their last 32°F night by April 11; only one in ten is past it by March 27, and one in ten still has one after April 26. Planting tender crops after April 17 leaves a 30% risk of a frost on them, after April 21 20%, and after April 26 10%. The 15 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is narrower than at 94% of the 339 Texas stations behind this site's ZIP pages.

In fall the first 32°F night comes by October 29 in half of years, as early as October 17 one year in ten, and holds off past November 11 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F follows 9 days later, around November 7; in spring the one-in-ten date for 28°F is April 19, 7 days before the 32°F one. The freeze-free season lasts 200 days in a typical year, shorter than at 94% of the 339 Texas stations; it reaches 221 days one year in ten and falls short of 180 one year in ten. On average 108 nights a year drop to 32°F or below. Nights of 36°F, when frost can still settle on leaves in low, open spots, continue 11 days longer, to about April 22, and return around October 21. Severe cold of 16°F or below comes every winter, usually between December 11 and February 18.

July is the warmest month at Plainview Wtr Productn, TX, averaging 91°F by day and 67°F at night; January is the coldest at 53°F and 24°F. A freezing night is all but certain in every month from November to March (a 90% chance or more). From May to September the chance of a 32°F night stays under 10% each month. In spring, April still brings one in 81% of years.

Warmth for growing adds up to 4,486 growing degree days a year (base 50°F), fewer than at 95% of the 351 Texas stations. 38% of them (1,712) have built up by the end of June, and July adds the most, 899. Precipitation totals 18.5 inches a year, most in June (3.0") and least in February (0.5"); May to September bring 63% of it.

The nearest other station, Abernathy, TX, 15 miles south of Hale Center, has a last frost 2 days earlier (April 9), a first frost 3 days later (November 1), a season 4 days longer.

The first measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) in Hale Center usually arrives around November 28, and the last of the season around March 7. Those are the middle dates across the winters of 1991–2020 at Plainview Wtr Productn, TX, 13.8 miles away: half of years saw snow earlier, half later. Snow fell in 89% of those winters. The last 32°F night of spring typically comes 35 days after the last snow.

ZIP 79041 is 14 miles from Plainview Wtr Productn, TX, which stands at 3,450 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. 1 other ZIP code shares the station; its figures are presented in full for 79072 (Plainview). The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 79041 in zone 7b, the band where the coldest night of the year averaged 5 to 10°F (-15.0 to -12.2°C) over 1991–2020; a zone describes winter lows, not frost dates.