West University Place, TX 77004 Frost Dates
When can you plant in West University Place, TX?
Around 01/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 155 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/28, about 330 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for West University Place, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 17 weeks of growing season left in West University Place before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 01/30 isn't a guarantee
01/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West University Place compares
About 330 days separate West University Place's last and first frost, putting it 3,022 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 161 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and West University Place's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around West University Place's dates instead of trusting one.