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Jacinto City, TX 77044 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Jacinto City, TX?

Zone 9b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/20, about 176 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/04, about 292 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 Jacinto City, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 14 weeks of growing season left in Jacinto City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

Why 02/20 isn't a guarantee

02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Jacinto City compares

About 292 days separate Jacinto City's last and first frost, putting it 4,348 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 539 of 2,558.

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