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Dallas, TX 75014 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Dallas, TX, ZIP 75014

Zone 8b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/29, about 272 frost-free days later.

Dallas 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 Dallas 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.

The actual range around Dallas's last frost

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 Dallas compares

About 272 days separate Dallas's last and first frost, putting it 5,226 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 887 of 2,558.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Dallas can differ from the 75014 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Dallas's frost date answer different questions.