Benavides, TX 78341 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Benavides, TX, ZIP 78341
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/20, roughly 176 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/01, about 286 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Benavides in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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
Zone 9b around Benavides 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.
The actual range around Benavides's last frost
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Benavides compares
About 286 days separate Benavides's last and first frost, putting it 4,617 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 689 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Benavides can differ from the 78341 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Benavides's frost date answer different questions.