Denton, TX 76204 Frost Dates
Denton, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 197 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 251 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Denton 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 12 weeks until Denton'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
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Denton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 251 frost-free days, Denton places 7,276 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,587 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76204's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Denton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Denton can differ from the 76204 normal.