Fate, TX 75132 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fate, TX, ZIP 75132
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 250 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Fate, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Fate 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 Fate's last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 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 Fate compares
About 250 days separate Fate's last and first frost, putting it 7,468 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,668 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fate's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fate's dates instead of trusting one.