Benavides, TX 78384 Frost Dates
Benavides, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 02/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 176 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/01, roughly 286 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Benavides, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Benavides's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/20 isn't a guarantee
02/20 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 03/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Benavides against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 286 frost-free days, Benavides places 4,618 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 690 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78384's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Benavides can differ from the 78384 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Benavides's frost date answer different questions.