Hurst, TX 76053 Frost Dates
Hurst, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/05, about 189 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 264 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hurst in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Hurst's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Hurst's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hurst against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 264 frost-free days, Hurst places 6,045 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,095 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76053's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Hurst's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Hurst can differ from the 76053 normal.