Fort Worth, TX 76113 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fort Worth, TX, ZIP 76113
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/05, about 189 days from today. 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 Fort Worth, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Fort Worth 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
Fort Worth's growing season runs about 264 days, ranking 6,019 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,069 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fort Worth's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fort Worth's dates instead of trusting one.