Groves, TX 77642 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Groves, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/14, roughly 170 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/07, about 301 frost-free days later.
Groves sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in Groves 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
02/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Groves compares
Groves's growing season runs about 301 days, ranking 3,958 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 301 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Groves's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Groves can differ from the 77642 normal.