Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Horseshoe Bay, TX, ZIP 78657
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/06, about 190 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/23, about 262 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Horseshoe Bay in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Horseshoe Bay has about 12 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Horseshoe Bay compares
About 262 days separate Horseshoe Bay's last and first frost, putting it 6,232 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,152 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Horseshoe Bay's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Horseshoe Bay's dates instead of trusting one.