Right now
37°C / 99°F
Clear · wind 12 km/h · 36% RH
Soil (6 cm)
33°C / 92°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
9a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -6°C
Frost window
Feb 18 – Dec 8
~293 frost-free days · first frost in ~91 days
Sun
07:11 – 19:44
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Chicago
Tue
Overcast
37° / 26°
dry
Wed
Overcast
36° / 26°
dry
Thu
Drizzle
37° / 26°
0.7 mm
Fri
Drizzle
38° / 27°
0.1 mm
Sat
Partly cloudy
39° / 27°
dry
Sun
Overcast
39° / 26°
dry
Mon
Partly cloudy
39° / 26°
dry
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyAustin Gardening: Early Fall Planting Window Opens. Austin Fishing: Early Fall on Lakes Travis and Buchanan. Foraging in Austin: Early Fall Harvest.
Gardening
Austin Gardening: Early Fall Planting Window Opens
Sow & harvest now
- Lettuce & Greens (Buttercrunch, Jericho, Lacinato kale)
- Spinach (Space, Bloomsdale)
- Radish (Cherry Belle, French Breakfast)
- Peas (Sugar Snap, Snow Pea)
Fishing
Austin Fishing: Early Fall on Lakes Travis and Buchanan
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Catfish (Channel & Blue)
- Crappie (Black & White)
- Sunfish (Bluegill & Longear)
Foraging
Foraging in Austin: Early Fall Harvest
In season now
- Gregg's mistflower (Eupatorium greggii)
- Agarito (Mahonia trifoliolata)
- Dewberry (Rubus trivialis)
- Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia species)
Your ecological region
Prairies & Great Plains
From the aspen parkland of Alberta to the Texas Hill Country: grassland, big sky, wind, and extremes of cold and heat.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 9a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -6°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Austin every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.