Galena Park, TX 77023 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Galena Park, TX, ZIP 77023
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/30, about 155 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/28, about 330 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Galena Park in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 9b around Galena Park has about 17 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Galena Park compares
At roughly 330 frost-free days, Galena Park places 3,030 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 169 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Galena Park's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Galena Park's dates instead of trusting one.