Texas Lawn Care Calendar

Texas is warm-season turf country — bermuda, zoysia, st. augustine, centipede, bahia, buffalo. Click a city for its full month-by-month calendar.

CitySeed / establishPre-emergentSeason
Dallas Mar 16 – Mar 30 Feb 9 – Mar 2 272 days
Houston Feb 16 – Mar 2 Jan 12 – Feb 2 326 days
Austin Mar 24 – Apr 7 Feb 17 – Mar 10 252 days
San Antonio Mar 11 – Mar 25 Feb 4 – Feb 25 276 days
El Paso Mar 16 – Mar 30 Feb 9 – Mar 2 263 days
Lubbock Apr 7 – Apr 21 Mar 3 – Mar 24 232 days
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All Texas station records (470)

Every NOAA weather station in Texas with complete 1991–2020 frost normals — pick the one nearest you (similar elevation matters more than plain distance).

Not sure which station to trust? Use the ZIP code lookup for the quick answer, or pick the station whose terrain most resembles your yard.

Lawn timing geography of Texas

Across the 476 Texas locations with complete 1991–2020 frost normals, the average last spring frost — the anchor for pre-emergent and spring work — ranges from Jan 3 (Port Isabel) to Apr 28 (Dalhart), a spread of about 16 weeks driven by elevation, latitude, and terrain. The same job can be weeks apart at opposite ends of the state, which is why a state-level date is only a starting point — pick the location nearest your yard and plan from its calendar.

The Texas lawn year in one paragraph

The Texas lawn year lives in the warm months: pre-emergent in late winter before soil crosses 55°F, establishment and the first feeding after full green-up, aeration in the heat of active growth, and steady mowing all summer. The discipline that separates good southern lawns is the stop date — no nitrogen within 6–8 weeks of first frost, so the lawn hardens off and goes dormant on schedule. Details by task: when to overseed in Texas, when to aerate in Texas, when to apply crabgrass pre-emergent in Texas, and more above.