Rowlett, TX 75089 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rowlett, TX, ZIP 75089
Around 03/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 191 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 259 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rowlett in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
Zone 8b around Rowlett has about 12 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 Rowlett's last frost
03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rowlett compares
At roughly 259 frost-free days, Rowlett places 6,544 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,369 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Rowlett's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Rowlett can differ from the 75089 normal.