Sugar Land, TX 77479 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sugar Land, TX?
Around 02/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 165 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/13, about 305 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sugar Land 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
About 15 weeks of growing season left in Sugar Land before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sugar Land's last frost
02/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sugar Land compares
At roughly 305 frost-free days, Sugar Land places 3,726 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 284 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Sugar Land's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Sugar Land's dates instead of trusting one.