Buda, TX 78610 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Buda, TX, ZIP 78610
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 252 frost-free days later.
Buda sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
Zone 9a around Buda has about 11 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.
Why 03/12 isn't a guarantee
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Buda compares
At roughly 252 frost-free days, Buda places 7,213 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,565 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Buda's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Buda's dates instead of trusting one.