Fort Worth, TX 76007 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fort Worth, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/05, roughly 189 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 264 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 Fort Worth, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Fort Worth before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fort Worth's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fort Worth compares
At roughly 264 frost-free days, Fort Worth places 6,009 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,059 of 2,558.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Fort Worth can differ from the 76007 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Fort Worth's frost date answer different questions.