Richmond, TX 77497 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Richmond, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/15, about 171 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/06, about 297 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 Richmond, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in Richmond 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
02/15 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. 03/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Richmond compares
At roughly 297 frost-free days, Richmond places 4,222 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 494 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Richmond's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Richmond's dates instead of trusting one.