Buffalo Springs Lake, TX 79366 Frost Dates
79366, near Buffalo Springs Lake, TX: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Buffalo Springs Lake in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Buffalo Springs Lake's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Buffalo Springs Lake against the rest of the dataset
Buffalo Springs Lake's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,969 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,111 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 79366: local microclimates, on what one yard in Buffalo Springs Lake can differ from the 79366 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Buffalo Springs Lake's frost date answer different questions.