Frost dates for Houston Sugarland Mem, Texas
Half of years have their last spring frost by February 2, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after March 7.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- March 7
- 1 year in 5
- February 27
- 3 years in 10
- February 20
- 2 years in 5
- February 11
- Half of years (the median)
- February 2
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- November 20
- 1 year in 5
- November 27
- 3 years in 10
- December 3
- 2 years in 5
- December 6
- Half of years (the median)
- December 11
- Growing season
- about 318 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 9a, 9b
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 34 °C94 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- April to September, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
- Hot-weather watering
- June to August: days run above 32 °C90 °F and nights stay above 21 °C70 °F, so expect to water daily or every other day (how we know)
Month by month
- January
- high ~18 °C64 °F · low ~7 °C45 °F · rain ~92 mm3.6 in
- February
- high ~20 °C68 °F · low ~10 °C49 °F · rain ~72 mm2.8 in
- March
- high ~23 °C74 °F · low ~13 °C55 °F · rain ~89 mm3.5 in
- April
- high ~27 °C80 °F · low ~16 °C60 °F · rain ~108 mm4.3 in
- May
- high ~31 °C87 °F · low ~20 °C69 °F · rain ~133 mm5.2 in
- June
- high ~34 °C92 °F · low ~23 °C74 °F · rain ~107 mm4.2 in
- July
- high ~35 °C95 °F · low ~24 °C76 °F · rain ~106 mm4.2 in
- August
- high ~35 °C94 °F · low ~24 °C76 °F · rain ~134 mm5.3 in
- September
- high ~32 °C90 °F · low ~22 °C71 °F · rain ~112 mm4.4 in
- October
- high ~28 °C83 °F · low ~17 °C62 °F · rain ~118 mm4.6 in
- November
- high ~23 °C74 °F · low ~12 °C53 °F · rain ~96 mm3.8 in
- December
- high ~19 °C67 °F · low ~8 °C46 °F · rain ~96 mm3.8 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Houston Sugarland Mem station (listed by NOAA as Houston Sugarland Mem, USW00012977), at 29.62, -95.66. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
77024, 77031, 77036, 77042, 77043, 77063, 77071, 77072, 77074, 77077, 77079, 77081, 77082, 77083, 77084, 77085, 77094, 77096, 77099, 77406, 77407, 77449, 77450, 77471, 77477, 77478, 77479, 77489, 77493, 77494, 77498.
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Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Thompsons 3 WSW, TX, last frost by February 15
- Houston-Port, TX, last frost by February 2
- Conroe Montgomery County Airport, TX, last frost by March 11
Other stations in Texas.
- Austin 6 S, TX, last frost by March 10
- New Braunfels, TX, last frost by March 8
- Dallas Redbird Airport, TX, last frost by March 6
- Dallas Love Field, TX, last frost by March 2
- Fort Worth, TX, last frost by March 10
- Denton Municipal Airport, TX, last frost by March 24