Carrollton, TX 75006 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Carrollton, TX, ZIP 75006
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/02, roughly 186 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/29, about 272 frost-free days later.
Carrollton sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Carrollton has about 13 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 03/02 isn't a guarantee
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Carrollton compares
At roughly 272 frost-free days, Carrollton places 5,320 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 973 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Carrollton can differ from the 75006 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Carrollton's frost date answer different questions.