Dodd City, TX 75438 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dodd City, TX, ZIP 75438
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/19, roughly 203 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 237 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dodd City in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Dodd City has about 11 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.
Why 03/19 isn't a guarantee
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dodd City compares
At roughly 237 frost-free days, Dodd City places 9,156 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,998 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Dodd City can differ from the 75438 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Dodd City's frost date answer different questions.