University Park, TX 75225 Frost Dates
Frost dates for University Park, TX, ZIP 75225
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/29, about 272 frost-free days later.
University Park 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 University Park has about 13 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 University Park's last frost
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How University Park compares
At roughly 272 frost-free days, University Park places 5,357 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 985 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and University Park's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around University Park's dates instead of trusting one.