Tiki Island, TX 77551 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tiki Island, TX, ZIP 77551
Around 01/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 143 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/07, about 365 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tiki Island in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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
Zone 10a around Tiki Island has about 19 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Tiki Island's last frost
01/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tiki Island compares
Tiki Island's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 1,970 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 45 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Tiki Island can differ from the 77551 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Tiki Island's frost date answer different questions.