Dallas, TX 75326 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dallas, TX, ZIP 75326
Around 03/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 186 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/29, about 272 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Dallas 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 Dallas'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 Dallas compares
At roughly 272 frost-free days, Dallas places 5,276 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 937 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Dallas can differ from the 75326 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Dallas's frost date answer different questions.