Frost dates for Dallas Love Field, Texas
Half of years have their last spring frost by March 2, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after March 19.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- March 19
- 1 year in 5
- March 13
- 3 years in 10
- March 9
- 2 years in 5
- March 5
- Half of years (the median)
- March 2
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- November 10
- 1 year in 5
- November 16
- 3 years in 10
- November 20
- 2 years in 5
- November 25
- Half of years (the median)
- November 29
- Growing season
- about 272 days
- Hardiness zone nearby
- 8b
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 35 °C96 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- April to September, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
- Hot-weather watering
- June to August: days run above 32 °C90 °F and nights stay above 21 °C70 °F, so expect to water daily or every other day (how we know)
Month by month
- January
- high ~14 °C58 °F · low ~3 °C38 °F · rain ~66 mm2.6 in
- February
- high ~17 °C62 °F · low ~6 °C42 °F · rain ~71 mm2.8 in
- March
- high ~21 °C70 °F · low ~10 °C49 °F · rain ~88 mm3.4 in
- April
- high ~25 °C77 °F · low ~14 °C57 °F · rain ~80 mm3.1 in
- May
- high ~29 °C85 °F · low ~19 °C66 °F · rain ~116 mm4.6 in
- June
- high ~34 °C93 °F · low ~23 °C74 °F · rain ~97 mm3.8 in
- July
- high ~36 °C97 °F · low ~25 °C78 °F · rain ~43 mm1.7 in
- August
- high ~36 °C97 °F · low ~25 °C77 °F · rain ~56 mm2.2 in
- September
- high ~32 °C90 °F · low ~21 °C70 °F · rain ~79 mm3.1 in
- October
- high ~26 °C80 °F · low ~15 °C59 °F · rain ~122 mm4.8 in
- November
- high ~20 °C68 °F · low ~9 °C48 °F · rain ~74 mm2.9 in
- December
- high ~15 °C59 °F · low ~4 °C40 °F · rain ~82 mm3.2 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Dallas Love Field station (listed by NOAA as Dallas Love Fld, USW00013960), at 32.85, -96.86. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
75001, 75006, 75007, 75010, 75019, 75038, 75039, 75040, 75041, 75042, 75043, 75044, 75056, 75057, 75060, 75061, 75062, 75063, 75067, 75075, 75080, 75081, 75088, 75093, 75149, 75150, 75201, 75202, 75204, 75205, 75206, 75207, 75209, 75210, 75212, 75214, 75218, 75219, 75220, 75223, 75225, 75226, 75227, 75228, 75229, 75230, 75231, 75234, 75235, 75238, 75240, 75243, 75244, 75246, 75247, 75248, 75251, 75252, 75254, 75270, 75287, 75390, 76051, 76155.
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Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Dallas Redbird Airport, TX, last frost by March 6
- Fort Worth, TX, last frost by March 10
- Denton Municipal Airport, TX, last frost by March 24
Other stations in Texas.
- Austin 6 S, TX, last frost by March 10
- Conroe Montgomery County Airport, TX, last frost by March 11
- New Braunfels, TX, last frost by March 8
- Houston-Port, TX, last frost by February 2
- Houston Sugarland Mem, TX, last frost by February 2
- Thompsons 3 WSW, TX, last frost by February 15