Jacinto City, TX 77028 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jacinto City, TX, ZIP 77028
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/13, about 169 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/09, about 300 frost-free days later.
Jacinto City sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Jacinto City has about 15 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
02/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jacinto City compares
Jacinto City's growing season runs about 300 days, ranking 4,103 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 433 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Jacinto City's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Jacinto City's dates instead of trusting one.