Tiki Island, TX 77555 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tiki Island, TX, ZIP 77555
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/25, about 150 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/01, about 348 frost-free days later.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 Tiki Island, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Tiki Island has about 18 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/23 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 348 days, ranking 2,381 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 83 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Tiki Island's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Tiki Island can differ from the 77555 normal.