Dallas, TX 75379 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dallas, TX, ZIP 75379
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.
Dallas 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 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
About 272 days separate Dallas's last and first frost, putting it 5,295 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 956 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Dallas's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Dallas can differ from the 75379 normal.