New Hope, TX 75026 Frost Dates
New Hope, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/17, about 201 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 241 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New Hope in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until New Hope's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/17 isn't a guarantee
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Hope against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 241 frost-free days, New Hope places 8,606 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,915 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75026's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in New Hope can differ from the 75026 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and New Hope's frost date answer different questions.