Mansfield, TX 76002 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mansfield, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/09, about 193 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 256 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 Mansfield, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Mansfield before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Mansfield's last frost
03/09 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. 03/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mansfield compares
Mansfield's growing season runs about 256 days, ranking 6,788 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,473 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Mansfield can differ from the 76002 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Mansfield's frost date answer different questions.