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Texas 72°F soil temperature

Updated Nov 4, 2026, 7:41 AM EST

The middle reading of 29 Texas cities, 2 inches down, on Nov 3. Pick a city for its forecast and lawn calendar.

Texas cities today

Estimated daily average soil temperature at 2 inches, the difference from normal for the date, and the change over the last week. Texas spans warm-season grass country and the transition zone, where both cool- and warm-season lawns grow.

City2 in4 invs normal7 daysCrabgrass windowFall seeding ends
Houston 76°77° +9°+5° early Feb – Feb 15 –
San Antonio 73°74° +7°+1° early Feb – Feb 19 –
Dallas 71°73° +9°±0° Feb 4 – Mar 3 –
Austin 72°73° +6°+1° early Feb – Feb 19 –
Fort Worth 69°70° +7°−1° Feb 5 – Mar 1 Nov 30
El Paso 63°66° +2°−6° Feb 8 – Mar 2 –
Corpus Christi 78°79° +8°+2° No clear window –
Lubbock 60°62° +4°−2° Feb 23 – Mar 20 Nov 15
Laredo 80°81° +9°+3° No clear window –
Frisco 69°70° +9°+2° Feb 9 – Mar 6 Nov 22
Amarillo 57°60° +4°−4° Mar 12 – Apr 3 Nov 2
Brownsville 82°83° +9°+4° No clear window –
Killeen 70°72° +5°±0° early Feb – Feb 17 –
McAllen 83°84° +9°+3° No clear window –
Waco 70°71° +8°+1° Feb 4 – Mar 2 –
Midland 65°67° +6°−1° Feb 10 – Mar 5 Nov 22
Abilene 67°68° +6°−1° Feb 7 – Mar 3 –
College Station 72°73° +7°+2° early Feb – Feb 19 –
League City 75°76° +9°+5° early Feb – Feb 15 –
Beaumont 74°75° +9°+4° early Feb – Feb 15 –
New Braunfels 72°73° +7°+2° early Feb – Feb 19 –
Tyler 71°72° +9°+2° early Feb – Feb 27 –
Conroe 72°73° +9°+6° early Feb – Feb 20 –
Wichita Falls 66°68° +7°−1° Feb 11 – Mar 12 Nov 19
San Angelo 67°68° +6°−1° Feb 5 – Feb 28 –
Longview 70°71° +8°+3° Feb 5 – Feb 27 –
Harlingen 84°85° +12°−1° No clear window –
Victoria 74°75° +7°+2° early Feb – Feb 15 –
Kyle 72°73° +8°+2° early Feb – Feb 23 –

When to apply pre-emergent in Texas

Crabgrass pre-emergent goes down when 2-inch soil holds about 50°F. Across Texas that has typically happened first in Houston, around Feb 1, and last in Amarillo, around Mar 12. The window closes when soil holds 55°F and crabgrass starts sprouting.

A low mat of bermudagrass with fine blades and seed heads
Bermudagrass, the warm-season grass behind most lawns from the Carolinas to Texas.

Last good week to seed in Texas

Tall fescue and bluegrass seed sprouts best while 4-inch soil is between 55 and 70°F. The typical last day above 55°F:

What grows in Texas lawns

Crabgrass is the weed spring pre-emergents are timed for. Lawns here are mostly warm-season grasses such as bermuda.

Large crabgrass with its spreading finger-like seed heads
Large crabgrass in seed. Each plant can drop thousands of seeds that wait for warm spring soil.
Close view of a Kentucky bluegrass lawn
Kentucky bluegrass, the most common cool-season lawn grass in the northern US.
A low mat of bermudagrass with fine blades and seed heads
Bermudagrass, the warm-season grass behind most lawns from the Carolinas to Texas.

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