Dripping Springs, TX 78620 Frost Dates
Dripping Springs, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/20, about 176 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/03, roughly 291 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Dripping Springs, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Dripping Springs'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 01/23 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.
Dripping Springs against the rest of the dataset
About 291 days separate Dripping Springs's last and first frost, putting it 4,436 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 597 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78620's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Dripping Springs can differ from the 78620 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Dripping Springs's frost date answer different questions.