Fort Worth, TX 76111 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fort Worth in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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.
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
About 264 days separate Fort Worth's last and first frost, putting it 6,018 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,068 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Fort Worth's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Fort Worth's dates instead of trusting one.