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Pflugerville, TX 78727 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Pflugerville, TX?

Zone 9a

Around 03/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 195 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 254 frost-free days later.

Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Pflugerville, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 12 weeks of growing season left in Pflugerville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Pflugerville compares

At roughly 254 frost-free days, Pflugerville places 6,993 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,521 of 2,558.

Learn more

local microclimates covers what one yard in Pflugerville can differ from the 78727 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Pflugerville's frost date answer different questions.