Fort Worth, TX 76102 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fort Worth, TX?
Around 03/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 189 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 264 frost-free days later.
Fort Worth 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
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.
Why 03/05 isn't a guarantee
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 6,015 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,065 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Fort Worth's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Fort Worth can differ from the 76102 normal.