Palacios, TX 77428 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Palacios, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/01, about 157 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/17, about 319 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 Palacios, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 16 weeks of growing season left in Palacios before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Palacios compares
Palacios's growing season runs about 319 days, ranking 3,321 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 222 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Palacios can differ from the 77428 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Palacios's frost date answer different questions.