Missouri City, TX 77489 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Missouri City, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/02, about 158 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/11, about 318 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 Missouri City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 15 weeks of growing season left in Missouri City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 02/02 isn't a guarantee
02/02 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. 12/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Missouri City compares
At roughly 318 frost-free days, Missouri City places 3,328 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 229 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Missouri City's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Missouri City's dates instead of trusting one.