Addison, TX 75251 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Addison, TX?
Around 03/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 191 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 259 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Addison, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Addison before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Addison compares
At roughly 259 frost-free days, Addison places 6,563 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,379 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Addison can differ from the 75251 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Addison's frost date answer different questions.