Texas planting zones & frost dates

USDA hardiness zones in Texas go from 7a to 10a. Pick your city for its average frost dates and a planting calendar, or search by ZIP code.

City	Zone	Avg. last frost	Avg. first frost
Abilene	8a	Mar 20	Nov 10
Addison	8b	Mar 7	Nov 21
Alamo	10a	rare	rare
Alice	9b	Jan 29	Dec 29
Allen	8b	Mar 18	Nov 11
Alton	10a	Jan 23	Dec 28
Alvin	9b	Feb 14	Dec 5
Amarillo	7a	Apr 15	Oct 29
Andrews	8a	Mar 18	Nov 14
Angleton	9b	Jan 29	Dec 31
Anna	8b	Mar 17	Nov 15
Arlington	8b	Mar 9	Nov 20
Athens	8b	Mar 18	Nov 12
Austin	9a	Mar 10	Nov 17
Azle	8b	Mar 13	Nov 20
Balch Springs	8b	Mar 12	Nov 19
Bay City	9b	Feb 20	Dec 3
Baytown	9b	Feb 20	Dec 4
Beaumont	9b	Feb 14	Dec 4
Bedford	8b	Mar 9	Nov 20
Beeville	9b	Feb 17	Dec 8
Bellmead	8b	Mar 9	Nov 20
Belton	9a	Mar 14	Nov 20
Benbrook	8b	Mar 14	Nov 16
Big Spring	8a	Mar 20	Nov 13
Boerne	8b	Mar 15	Nov 13
Bonham	8a	Mar 16	Nov 13
Borger	7a	Apr 12	Oct 28
Brenham	9a	Mar 2	Nov 30
Brownsville	10a	rare	rare
Brownwood	8a	Mar 22	Nov 10
Brushy Creek	9a	Mar 11	Nov 20
Bryan	9a	Feb 27	Nov 30
Buda	9a	Mar 10	Nov 17
Burkburnett	8a	Mar 26	Nov 9
Burleson	8b	Mar 21	Nov 14
Canyon	7a	Apr 15	Oct 25
Canyon Lake	9a	Mar 1	Dec 1
Carrollton	8b	Mar 2	Nov 29
Cedar Hill	8b	Mar 20	Nov 13
Cedar Park	9a	Mar 11	Nov 20
Celina	8b	Mar 24	Nov 16
Channelview	9b	Feb 2	Dec 25
Cibolo	9a	Feb 21	Dec 5
Cinco Ranch	9b	Feb 2	Dec 11
Cleburne	8b	Mar 17	Nov 12
Clute	9b	Jan 27	Jan 1
College Station	9a	Feb 27	Nov 30
Colleyville	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Conroe	9a	Feb 24	Dec 2
Converse	9a	Feb 21	Dec 5
Coppell	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Copperas Cove	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Corinth	8b	Mar 13	Nov 20
Corpus Christi	10a	Jan 31	Dec 22
Corsicana	8b	Mar 14	Nov 16
Crowley	8b	Mar 21	Nov 14
Cypress	9b	Feb 19	Dec 3
Dallas	8b	Mar 2	Nov 29
DeSoto	8b	Mar 6	Nov 25
Deer Park	9b	Feb 2	Dec 25
Del Rio	9a	Feb 16	Dec 3
Denison	8a	Mar 14	Nov 19
Denton	8a	Mar 13	Nov 20
Dickinson	9b	Jan 31	Dec 14
Donna	10a	rare	rare
Dumas	7a	Apr 21	Oct 24
Duncanville	8b	Mar 6	Nov 25
Eagle Pass	9a	Feb 19	Dec 1
Edinburg	10a	rare	rare
El Campo	9a	Feb 23	Dec 5
El Paso	8b	Mar 2	Nov 20
Ennis	8b	Mar 8	Nov 21
Euless	8b	Mar 9	Nov 20
Fairview	8b	Mar 18	Nov 11
Farmers Branch	8b	Mar 2	Nov 29
Flower Mound	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Forest Hill	8b	Mar 9	Nov 21
Forney	8b	Mar 11	Nov 18
Fort Cavazos	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Fort Worth	8b	Mar 5	Nov 24
Four Corners	9b	Feb 2	Dec 11
Fredericksburg	8b	Mar 18	Nov 10
Freeport	9b	Jan 27	Jan 1
Fresno	9b	Feb 15	Dec 6
Friendswood	9b	Jan 31	Dec 27
Frisco	8b	Mar 7	Nov 21
Gainesville	8a	Mar 19	Nov 14
Galveston	10a	Jan 25	Jan 1
Garland	8b	Mar 7	Nov 21
Gatesville	8b	Mar 19	Nov 9
Georgetown	9a	Mar 6	Nov 24
Glenn Heights	8b	Mar 16	Nov 16
Grand Prairie	8b	Mar 9	Nov 20
Grapevine	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Greatwood	9b	Feb 9	Dec 13
Greenville	8b	Mar 18	Nov 16
Groves	9b	Feb 14	Dec 7
Haltom City	8b	Mar 10	Nov 20
Harker Heights	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Harlingen	10a	rare	rare
Henderson	8b	Mar 15	Nov 16
Hereford	7a	Apr 17	Oct 25
Hewitt	8b	Mar 9	Nov 20
Hidalgo	10a	rare	rare
Highland Village	8b	Mar 13	Nov 20
Horizon City	8b	Mar 2	Nov 20
Houston	9b	Feb 2	Dec 25
Humble	9b	Feb 13	Dec 9
Huntsville	9a	Mar 1	Nov 28
Hurst	8b	Mar 9	Nov 20
Hutto	9a	Mar 8	Nov 21
Irving	8b	Mar 2	Nov 29
Jacksonville	8b	Mar 22	Nov 14
Katy	9b	Feb 2	Dec 11
Keller	8b	Mar 12	Nov 17
Kerrville	8b	Mar 27	Nov 7
Kilgore	8b	Mar 8	Nov 17
Killeen	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Kingsville	9b	Jan 25	Dec 20
Kyle	9a	Feb 28	Nov 29
La Homa	10a	Jan 23	Dec 28
La Marque	9b	rare	rare
La Porte	9b	Jan 31	Dec 14
Lake Jackson	9b	Jan 27	Jan 1
Lakeway	9a	Mar 17	Nov 13
Lancaster	8b	Mar 12	Nov 19
Laredo	9b	Jan 20	Dec 25
League City	9b	Jan 31	Dec 14
Leander	8b	Mar 6	Nov 24
Levelland	7b	Apr 9	Nov 1
Lewisville	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Little Elm	8b	Mar 13	Nov 20
Live Oak	9a	Feb 21	Dec 5
Lockhart	9a	Mar 5	Nov 23
Longview	8b	Mar 7	Nov 23
Lubbock	7b	Mar 24	Nov 11
Lufkin	9a	Mar 11	Nov 15
Lumberton	9a	Feb 25	Nov 30
Mansfield	8b	Mar 9	Nov 21
Marshall	8b	Mar 20	Nov 11
McAllen	10a	rare	rare
McKinney	8b	Mar 17	Nov 15
Mercedes	10a	rare	rare
Mesquite	8b	Mar 2	Nov 29
Midland	8a	Mar 26	Nov 9
Midlothian	8b	Mar 16	Nov 16
Mineral Wells	8a	Mar 24	Nov 10
Mission	10a	rare	rare
Mission Bend	9b	Feb 2	Dec 11
Missouri City	9b	Feb 2	Dec 11
Mount Pleasant	8b	Mar 24	Nov 7
Murphy	8b	Mar 10	Nov 19
Nacogdoches	8b	Mar 13	Nov 17
Nederland	9b	Feb 14	Dec 7
New Braunfels	9a	Mar 8	Nov 18
New Caney	9a	Feb 13	Dec 9
New Territory	9b	Feb 9	Dec 13
North Richland Hills	8b	Mar 10	Nov 20
Odessa	8b	Mar 15	Nov 16
Orange	9a	Feb 28	Nov 23
Palestine	8b	Mar 23	Nov 9
Pampa	7a	Apr 14	Oct 28
Paris	8b	Mar 14	Nov 16
Pasadena	9b	Feb 2	Dec 25
Pearland	9b	Jan 31	Dec 27
Pecan Grove	9b	Feb 9	Dec 13
Pflugerville	9a	Mar 11	Nov 20
Pharr	10a	rare	rare
Plainview	7b	Apr 6	Nov 2
Plano	8b	Mar 7	Nov 21
Port Arthur	9b	Feb 14	Dec 7
Port Lavaca	9b	Feb 1	Dec 21
Port Neches	9b	Feb 14	Dec 7
Portland	10a	Jan 31	Dec 22
Prosper	8b	Mar 17	Nov 15
Raymondville	10a	Jan 21	Dec 26
Red Oak	8b	Mar 16	Nov 16
Rendon	8b	Mar 21	Nov 14
Richardson	8b	Mar 7	Nov 21
Richmond	9b	Feb 9	Dec 13
Rio Grande City	9b	Jan 31	Dec 17
Robinson	8b	Mar 9	Nov 20
Robstown	9b	Jan 26	Dec 24
Rockport	9b	Jan 31	Dec 25
Rockwall	8b	Mar 10	Nov 19
Roma	9b	Jan 31	Dec 17
Rosenberg	9a	Feb 9	Dec 13
Round Rock	9a	Mar 11	Nov 20
Rowlett	8b	Mar 10	Nov 19
Royse City	8b	Mar 10	Nov 19
Sachse	8b	Mar 10	Nov 19
Saginaw	8b	Mar 11	Nov 19
San Angelo	8a	Mar 20	Nov 10
San Antonio	9a	Feb 25	Nov 28
San Benito	10a	rare	rare
San Juan	10a	rare	rare
San Marcos	9a	Feb 28	Nov 29
Santa Fe	9b	Jan 31	Dec 14
Schertz	9a	Feb 21	Dec 5
Seabrook	9b	Jan 31	Dec 14
Seagoville	8b	Mar 12	Nov 19
Seguin	9a	Mar 1	Nov 26
Sherman	8a	Mar 14	Nov 19
Sienna Plantation	9b	Feb 15	Dec 6
Snyder	8a	Mar 27	Nov 10
Socorro	8b	Mar 2	Nov 20
Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia	8b	Mar 2	Nov 20
South Houston	9b	Jan 30	Dec 28
Southlake	8b	Mar 14	Nov 17
Spring	9b	Feb 13	Dec 9
Stafford	9b	Feb 2	Dec 11
Stephenville	8b	Mar 29	Nov 8
Sugar Land	9b	Feb 2	Dec 11
Sulphur Springs	8b	Mar 15	Nov 14
Sweetwater	8a	Mar 30	Nov 8
Taylor	9a	Mar 8	Nov 21
Temple	8b	Mar 14	Nov 20
Terrell	8b	Mar 11	Nov 18
Texarkana	8b	Mar 15	Nov 17
Texas City	10a	rare	rare
The Colony	8b	Mar 7	Nov 21
The Trails of Frisco	8b	Mar 7	Nov 21
The Woodlands	9a	Feb 19	Dec 3
Timberwood Park	8b	Feb 26	Nov 28
Tomball	9b	Feb 19	Dec 3
Trophy Club	8b	Mar 12	Nov 17
Tyler	8b	Mar 7	Nov 21
Universal City	9a	Feb 21	Dec 5
Uvalde	9a	info missing	info missing
Vernon	8a	Mar 27	Nov 9
Victoria	9b	Feb 14	Dec 9
Vidor	9b	Feb 14	Dec 4
Waco	8b	Mar 9	Nov 20
Watauga	8b	Mar 10	Nov 20
Waxahachie	8b	Mar 16	Nov 16
Weatherford	8a	Mar 25	Nov 8
Webster	9b	Jan 31	Dec 14
Wells Branch	9a	Mar 11	Nov 20
Weslaco	10a	rare	rare
West Odessa	8b	Mar 19	Nov 11
White Settlement	8b	Mar 3	Nov 27
Wichita Falls	8a	Mar 26	Nov 9
Wylie	8b	Mar 10	Nov 19

Cities with 10,000+ residents. Data: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 and NOAA Climate Normals 1991–2020. Sources and method.