Fruitvale, TX 75127 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fruitvale, TX, ZIP 75127
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/16, about 200 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 242 frost-free days later.
Fruitvale 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 Fruitvale has about 11 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 Fruitvale's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fruitvale compares
Fruitvale's growing season runs about 242 days, ranking 8,395 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,883 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fruitvale's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fruitvale's dates instead of trusting one.