Hondo, TX 78886 Frost Dates
Hondo, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/06, about 190 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 263 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hondo in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Hondo's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hondo against the rest of the dataset
About 263 days separate Hondo's last and first frost, putting it 6,102 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,114 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78886's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Hondo's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hondo's dates instead of trusting one.