New Hope, TX 75069 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Hope, TX, ZIP 75069
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 241 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for New Hope, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around New Hope has about 11 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.
The actual range around New Hope's last frost
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Hope compares
About 241 days separate New Hope's last and first frost, putting it 8,607 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,916 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around New Hope's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in New Hope can differ from the 75069 normal.