Brackettville, TX 78832 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Brackettville, TX, ZIP 78832
Around 02/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 172 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 293 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brackettville 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 Brackettville 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.
The actual range around Brackettville's last frost
02/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brackettville compares
Brackettville's growing season runs about 293 days, ranking 4,299 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 531 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Brackettville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Brackettville's dates instead of trusting one.