Palacios, TX 77465 Frost Dates
Palacios, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/01, about 157 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/17, roughly 319 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 16 weeks until Palacios's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/01 isn't a guarantee
02/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Palacios against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 319 frost-free days, Palacios places 3,323 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 224 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 77465's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Palacios can differ from the 77465 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Palacios's frost date answer different questions.