Seadrift, TX 77983 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Seadrift, TX?
Around 01/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 155 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/27, about 333 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Seadrift in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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
About 17 weeks of growing season left in Seadrift before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Seadrift's last frost
01/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Seadrift compares
At roughly 333 frost-free days, Seadrift places 2,853 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 110 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Seadrift's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Seadrift's dates instead of trusting one.