Haltom City, TX 76103 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Haltom City, TX, ZIP 76103
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 Haltom City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Haltom City has about 13 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 Haltom City'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 Haltom City compares
Haltom City's growing season runs about 264 days, ranking 6,043 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,093 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Haltom City can differ from the 76103 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Haltom City's frost date answer different questions.