Palm Valley, TX 78522 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Palm Valley, TX?
Around 01/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 133 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/29, about 357 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Palm Valley 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
About 18 weeks of growing season left in Palm Valley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Palm Valley's last frost
01/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Palm Valley compares
Palm Valley's growing season runs about 357 days, ranking 2,091 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 59 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Palm Valley's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Palm Valley can differ from the 78522 normal.