Balcones Heights, TX 78229 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Balcones Heights, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/26, about 182 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/28, about 277 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Balcones Heights in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Balcones Heights before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Balcones Heights compares
About 277 days separate Balcones Heights's last and first frost, putting it 5,021 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 819 of 2,558.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Balcones Heights can differ from the 78229 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Balcones Heights's frost date answer different questions.