Sabinal, TX 78850 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sabinal, TX, ZIP 78850
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/06, roughly 190 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 263 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sabinal 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 Sabinal 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.
The actual range around Sabinal's last frost
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sabinal compares
About 263 days separate Sabinal's last and first frost, putting it 6,125 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,119 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Sabinal's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Sabinal can differ from the 78850 normal.