Mesquite, TX 75181 Frost Dates
Mesquite, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/12, roughly 196 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 253 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mesquite in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Mesquite's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Mesquite's last frost
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mesquite against the rest of the dataset
Mesquite's growing season runs about 253 days, ranking 7,068 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,530 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75181's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Mesquite's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Mesquite's dates instead of trusting one.