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Garland, TX 75238 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Garland, TX?

Zone 8b

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.

Garland 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

About 13 weeks of growing season left in Garland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Garland'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 Garland compares

About 272 days separate Garland's last and first frost, putting it 5,310 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 971 of 2,558.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Garland's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Garland's dates instead of trusting one.