West Lake Hills, TX 78733 Frost Dates
When can you plant in West Lake Hills, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/20, roughly 176 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 291 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 West Lake Hills, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in West Lake Hills before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around West Lake Hills's last frost
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 West Lake Hills compares
At roughly 291 frost-free days, West Lake Hills places 4,448 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 603 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around West Lake Hills's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in West Lake Hills can differ from the 78733 normal.