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Dalworthington Gardens, TX 76017 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Dalworthington Gardens, TX, ZIP 76017

Zone 8b

Around 03/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 193 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 256 frost-free days later.

Dalworthington Gardens 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 Dalworthington Gardens has about 12 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 Dalworthington Gardens'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 Dalworthington Gardens compares

About 256 days separate Dalworthington Gardens's last and first frost, putting it 6,830 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,488 of 2,558.

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local microclimates explains what one yard in Dalworthington Gardens can differ from the 76017 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Dalworthington Gardens's frost date answer different questions.