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Muenster, TX 76252 Frost Dates

Muenster, TX: when does the frost end?

Zone 8a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Muenster in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 9 weeks until Muenster's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Muenster against the rest of the dataset

Muenster's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,787 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,390 of 2,558.

Learn more

Before leaning on 76252's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Muenster's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Muenster can differ from the 76252 normal.