New Braunfels, TX 78132 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Braunfels, TX, ZIP 78132
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/01, about 185 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/01, about 276 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Braunfels, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around New Braunfels has about 14 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Braunfels compares
At roughly 276 frost-free days, New Braunfels places 5,045 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 828 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around New Braunfels's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in New Braunfels can differ from the 78132 normal.