Mesquite, TX 75185 Frost Dates
Mesquite, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 253 days after the last spring frost.
Mesquite 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.
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.
Why 03/12 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 253 frost-free days, Mesquite places 7,069 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,531 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75185's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Mesquite can differ from the 75185 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Mesquite's frost date answer different questions.