Benavides, TX 78361 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Benavides, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/30, about 155 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/18, about 323 frost-free days later.
Benavides sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 16 weeks of growing season left in Benavides before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Benavides's last frost
01/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Benavides compares
About 323 days separate Benavides's last and first frost, putting it 3,275 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 205 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Benavides's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Benavides's dates instead of trusting one.