Bandera, TX 78063 Frost Dates
78063, near Bandera, TX: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/18, about 174 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/09, roughly 296 days after the last spring frost.
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 Bandera, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Bandera's growing season runs out in roughly 15 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bandera against the rest of the dataset
Bandera's growing season runs about 296 days, ranking 4,247 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 516 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 78063: local microclimates, on what one yard in Bandera can differ from the 78063 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Bandera's frost date answer different questions.