Dallas, TX 75228 Frost Dates
Dallas, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/29, roughly 272 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dallas 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 13 weeks until Dallas's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dallas against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 272 frost-free days, Dallas places 5,253 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 914 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75228's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Dallas can differ from the 75228 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Dallas's frost date answer different questions.