Parker, TX 75002 Frost Dates
75002, near Parker, TX: the frost window
Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 239 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Parker in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Parker's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/18 isn't a guarantee
03/18 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 04/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Parker against the rest of the dataset
Parker's growing season runs about 239 days, ranking 8,815 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,958 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 75002: the frost range, on how to read the range around Parker's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Parker can differ from the 75002 normal.