Rollingwood, TX 78704 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rollingwood, TX, ZIP 78704
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/20, about 176 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 291 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rollingwood in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 9a around Rollingwood has about 14 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
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rollingwood compares
At roughly 291 frost-free days, Rollingwood places 4,463 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 611 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Rollingwood can differ from the 78704 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Rollingwood's frost date answer different questions.