Fort Worth, TX 76198 Frost Dates
Fort Worth, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/05, roughly 189 days out. 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 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Fort Worth's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Fort Worth against the rest of the dataset
Fort Worth's growing season runs about 264 days, ranking 6,039 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,089 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76198's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fort Worth's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Fort Worth's dates instead of trusting one.