Rockport, TX 78381 Frost Dates
Rockport, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/31, roughly 156 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/25, roughly 328 days after the last spring frost.
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 Rockport, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 17 weeks until Rockport's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rockport against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 328 frost-free days, Rockport places 3,190 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 191 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78381's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Rockport can differ from the 78381 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Rockport's frost date answer different questions.