USDA hardiness zone 8b
In zone 8b the average coldest winter night reaches 15°F to 20°F. Plants labeled for zone 8 (or a colder zone) can survive the winter outdoors here. 370 U.S. cities with 10,000+ residents are in this zone — the largest are listed below.
| City | State | Zone | Avg. last frost | Avg. first frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | TX | 8b | Mar 2 | Nov 29 |
| Fort Worth | TX | 8b | Mar 5 | Nov 24 |
| El Paso | TX | 8b | Mar 2 | Nov 20 |
| Virginia Beach | VA | 8b | Mar 29 | Nov 12 |
| Arlington | TX | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 20 |
| Plano | TX | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| Norfolk | VA | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 16 |
| Garland | TX | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| Irving | TX | 8b | Mar 2 | Nov 29 |
| Chesapeake | VA | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 16 |
| Tacoma | WA | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 14 |
| Columbus | GA | 8b | Mar 5 | Nov 23 |
| Fayetteville | NC | 8b | Mar 30 | Nov 10 |
| Vancouver | WA | 8b | Mar 29 | Nov 9 |
| Montgomery | AL | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 13 |
| Grand Prairie | TX | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 20 |
| Shreveport | LA | 8b | Feb 28 | Nov 24 |
| Newport News | VA | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 26 |
| Eugene | OR | 8b | Apr 11 | Oct 23 |
| Salem | OR | 8b | Apr 3 | Nov 1 |
| McKinney | TX | 8b | Mar 17 | Nov 15 |
| Lancaster | CA | 8b | Apr 3 | Nov 1 |
| Palmdale | CA | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 19 |
| Frisco | TX | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| Jackson | MS | 8b | Mar 6 | Nov 19 |
| East Hampton | VA | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 15 |
| Mesquite | TX | 8b | Mar 2 | Nov 29 |
| Columbia | SC | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 16 |
| Killeen | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| Hampton | VA | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 15 |
| Carrollton | TX | 8b | Mar 2 | Nov 29 |
| Waco | TX | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 20 |
| Athens | GA | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 10 |
| Kent | WA | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 10 |
| Victorville | CA | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 11 |
| Wilmington | NC | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 20 |
| Odessa | TX | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 16 |
| Tuscaloosa | AL | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 10 |
| Richardson | TX | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| Everett | WA | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 2 |
| Lewisville | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| Tyler | TX | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| Hillsboro | OR | 8b | Apr 16 | Oct 23 |
| Las Cruces | NM | 8b | Mar 12 | Nov 13 |
| Allen | TX | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 11 |
| Portsmouth | VA | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 16 |
| Federal Way | WA | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 14 |
| Hesperia | CA | 8b | Feb 28 | Dec 1 |
| Macon | GA | 8b | Mar 21 | Nov 10 |
| Kirkland | WA | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 23 |
| Bellingham | WA | 8b | Apr 1 | Nov 2 |
| Hoover | AL | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 8 |
| Longview | TX | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 23 |
| Medford | OR | 8b | Apr 8 | Oct 29 |
| Auburn | WA | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 10 |
| Warner Robins | GA | 8b | Mar 11 | Nov 19 |
| Saint George | UT | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 10 |
| Temple | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 20 |
| Apple Valley | CA | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 11 |
| Flower Mound | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| North Richland Hills | TX | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 20 |
| Bossier City | LA | 8b | Feb 28 | Nov 24 |
| Jacksonville | NC | 8b | Mar 31 | Nov 8 |
| Marysville | WA | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 2 |
| Greenville | SC | 8b | Mar 28 | Nov 7 |
| Celina | TX | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 16 |
| Mansfield | TX | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 21 |
| Auburn | AL | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 17 |
| Springfield | OR | 8b | Apr 11 | Oct 23 |
| Rowlett | TX | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 19 |
| Lakewood | WA | 8b | Mar 11 | Nov 21 |
| Leander | TX | 8b | Mar 6 | Nov 24 |
| Corvallis | OR | 8b | Apr 17 | Oct 28 |
| Olympia | WA | 8b | Apr 29 | Oct 14 |
| Euless | TX | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 20 |
| DeSoto | TX | 8b | Mar 6 | Nov 25 |
| South Hill | WA | 8b | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Sammamish | WA | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 23 |
| Albany | OR | 8b | Apr 17 | Oct 28 |
| Grapevine | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| The Trails of Frisco | TX | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| Monroe | LA | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 15 |
| Bedford | TX | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 20 |
| Summerville | SC | 8b | Mar 22 | Nov 12 |
| Cedar Hill | TX | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 13 |
| Hattiesburg | MS | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 15 |
| Wylie | TX | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 19 |
| Lacey | WA | 8b | Apr 29 | Oct 14 |
| City of Sammamish | WA | 8b | Mar 30 | Nov 7 |
| Keller | TX | 8b | Mar 12 | Nov 17 |
| Pine Bluff | AR | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 16 |
| Haltom City | TX | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 20 |
| Burleson | TX | 8b | Mar 21 | Nov 14 |
| Augusta | GA | 8b | Feb 27 | Dec 4 |
| Sierra Vista | AZ | 8b | Apr 5 | Nov 9 |
| Bothell | WA | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 23 |
| Rockwall | TX | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 19 |
| The Colony | TX | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| Coppell | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| Sumter | SC | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 7 |
| Duncanville | TX | 8b | Mar 6 | Nov 25 |
| Meridian | MS | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 12 |
| Puyallup | WA | 8b | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Hurst | TX | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 20 |
| Lancaster | TX | 8b | Mar 12 | Nov 19 |
| Little Elm | TX | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 20 |
| Florence | SC | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 13 |
| Keizer | OR | 8b | Apr 3 | Nov 1 |
| Phenix City | AL | 8b | Mar 5 | Nov 23 |
| Texarkana | TX | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 17 |
| Grants Pass | OR | 8b | Apr 8 | Oct 28 |
| Longview | WA | 8b | Apr 8 | Nov 5 |
| Pahrump | NV | 8b | Mar 29 | Nov 3 |
| Issaquah | WA | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 16 |
| Parkland | WA | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 14 |
| Martinez | GA | 8b | Feb 27 | Dec 4 |
| Prattville | AL | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 13 |
| Vestavia Hills | AL | 8b | Mar 21 | Nov 11 |
| Mount Vernon | WA | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 3 |
| West Lake Sammamish | WA | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 16 |
| Nacogdoches | TX | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 17 |
| McMinnville | OR | 8b | Apr 5 | Nov 7 |
| Waxahachie | TX | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 16 |
| Socorro | TX | 8b | Mar 2 | Nov 20 |
| Adelanto | CA | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 11 |
| Copperas Cove | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| University Place | WA | 8b | Mar 11 | Nov 21 |
| Alabaster | AL | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 8 |
| Farmers Branch | TX | 8b | Mar 2 | Nov 29 |
| Greenville | MS | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 15 |
| Myrtle Beach | SC | 8b | Mar 21 | Nov 13 |
| Lake Stevens | WA | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 2 |
| Statesboro | GA | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| Aiken | SC | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 14 |
| Texarkana | AR | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 13 |
| New Bern | NC | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 15 |
| Cleburne | TX | 8b | Mar 17 | Nov 12 |
| Southlake | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| East Hill-Meridian | WA | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 10 |
| Fort Cavazos | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| Harker Heights | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| Evans | GA | 8b | Feb 27 | Dec 4 |
| Kingman | AZ | 8b | Apr 2 | Nov 11 |
| Ridgecrest | CA | 8b | Mar 11 | Nov 12 |
| Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia | TX | 8b | Mar 2 | Nov 20 |
| Greer | SC | 8b | Mar 28 | Nov 7 |
| Enterprise | AL | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 21 |
| Anderson | SC | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 11 |
| Spanaway | WA | 8b | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Greenville | TX | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 16 |
| Pearl | MS | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 14 |
| North Creek | WA | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 17 |
| Madison | MS | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 14 |
| Homewood | AL | 8b | Mar 21 | Nov 11 |
| Maple Valley | WA | 8b | Apr 20 | Oct 25 |
| Colleyville | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 17 |
| Clinton | MS | 8b | Mar 6 | Nov 19 |
| Balch Springs | TX | 8b | Mar 12 | Nov 19 |
| Woodburn | OR | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 14 |
| Paris | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 16 |
| Northport | AL | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 10 |
| Sachse | TX | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 19 |
| Watauga | TX | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 20 |
| Forest Grove | OR | 8b | Apr 16 | Oct 26 |
| Ridgeland | MS | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 14 |
| Washington | UT | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 10 |
| Corsicana | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 16 |
| Marshall | TX | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 11 |
| Brandon | MS | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 14 |
| Graham | WA | 8b | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Griffin | GA | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 13 |
| Columbus | MS | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 12 |
| Kerrville | TX | 8b | Mar 27 | Nov 7 |
| Vicksburg | MS | 8b | Feb 26 | Nov 22 |
| Picnic Point-North Lynnwood | WA | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 17 |
| Pelham | AL | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 8 |
| Newberg | OR | 8b | Mar 21 | Nov 22 |
| Wilsonville | OR | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 13 |
| West Odessa | TX | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 11 |
| Oak Harbor | WA | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 14 |
| Benbrook | TX | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 16 |
| North Augusta | SC | 8b | Feb 27 | Dec 4 |
| Cottage Lake | WA | 8b | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Ruston | LA | 8b | Mar 11 | Nov 16 |
| Midlothian | TX | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 16 |
| Roseburg | OR | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 18 |
| Saginaw | TX | 8b | Mar 11 | Nov 19 |
| Lumberton | NC | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 11 |
| Mukilteo | WA | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 17 |
| Saint Andrews | SC | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 16 |
| Conway | SC | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 22 |
| West Lake Stevens | WA | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 2 |
| Corinth | TX | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 20 |
| Silver Firs | WA | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 17 |
| Mountain Brook | AL | 8b | Mar 21 | Nov 11 |
| Bethany | OR | 8b | Apr 16 | Oct 23 |
| Murphy | TX | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 19 |
| Havelock | NC | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 22 |
| Nogales | AZ | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 17 |
| Lexington | SC | 8b | Mar 25 | Nov 7 |
| Stephenville | TX | 8b | Mar 29 | Nov 8 |
| Eastmont | WA | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 17 |
| Mill Creek | WA | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 17 |
| Socastee | SC | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 22 |
| Hayesville | OR | 8b | Apr 3 | Nov 1 |
| Bonney Lake | WA | 8b | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Salmon Creek | WA | 8b | Apr 26 | Oct 18 |
| Orchards | WA | 8b | Apr 26 | Oct 18 |
| Selma | AL | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 18 |
| Port Angeles | WA | 8b | Mar 12 | Nov 19 |
| Hazel Dell | WA | 8b | Apr 26 | Oct 18 |
| Battle Ground | WA | 8b | Apr 26 | Oct 16 |
| Forest Park | GA | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 20 |
| Horizon City | TX | 8b | Mar 2 | Nov 20 |
| Sherwood | OR | 8b | Mar 21 | Nov 22 |
| Silverdale | WA | 8b | Mar 29 | Nov 14 |
| Covington | WA | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 10 |
| Tumwater | WA | 8b | Apr 29 | Oct 14 |
| Fairwood | WA | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 16 |
| Ennis | TX | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 21 |
| Rio Rico | AZ | 8b | Apr 16 | Nov 2 |
| Milledgeville | GA | 8b | Mar 25 | Nov 9 |
| Troy | AL | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 21 |
| Laurel | MS | 8b | Mar 12 | Nov 12 |
| Union Hill-Novelty Hill | WA | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 23 |
| Frederickson | WA | 8b | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Happy Valley | OR | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 18 |
| Forney | TX | 8b | Mar 11 | Nov 18 |
| El Dorado | AR | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 7 |
| Palestine | TX | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 9 |
| Five Corners | WA | 8b | Apr 26 | Oct 18 |
| Rosamond | CA | 8b | Apr 3 | Nov 1 |
| Anacortes | WA | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 20 |
| Monroe | WA | 8b | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Central Point | OR | 8b | Apr 8 | Oct 29 |
| Leland | NC | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 20 |
| Canby | OR | 8b | Mar 18 | Nov 13 |
| White Settlement | TX | 8b | Mar 3 | Nov 27 |
| Terrell | TX | 8b | Mar 11 | Nov 18 |
| Clarksdale | MS | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 12 |
| Centralia | WA | 8b | Apr 22 | Oct 27 |
| Bothell West | WA | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 17 |
| Lebanon | OR | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 18 |
| Aberdeen | WA | 8b | Mar 29 | Nov 15 |
| Dublin | GA | 8b | Mar 14 | Nov 13 |
| Hope Mills | NC | 8b | Mar 22 | Nov 13 |
| Highland Village | TX | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 20 |
| Sulphur Springs | TX | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 14 |
| West Columbia | SC | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 16 |
| Mount Pleasant | TX | 8b | Mar 24 | Nov 7 |
| Americus | GA | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 14 |
| Riverdale | GA | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 20 |
| Prosper | TX | 8b | Mar 17 | Nov 15 |
| Four Corners | OR | 8b | Apr 3 | Nov 1 |
| Sunland Park | NM | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 11 |
| Vincent | CA | 8b | Mar 10 | Nov 19 |
| Seagoville | TX | 8b | Mar 12 | Nov 19 |
| Conyers | GA | 8b | Mar 22 | Nov 14 |
| Gatesville | TX | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 9 |
| Hueytown | AL | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 10 |
| Mill Creek East | WA | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 17 |
| North Myrtle Beach | SC | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 20 |
| Addison | TX | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| Perry | GA | 8b | Mar 11 | Nov 19 |
| Winder | GA | 8b | Apr 3 | Nov 7 |
| Clemson | SC | 8b | Apr 1 | Nov 3 |
| Greenwood | MS | 8b | Mar 17 | Nov 5 |
| Payson | AZ | 8b | Apr 29 | Oct 24 |
| Millbrook | AL | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 13 |
| Dallas | OR | 8b | Apr 16 | Nov 1 |
| Seven Oaks | SC | 8b | Mar 25 | Nov 7 |
| Natchez | MS | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 9 |
| Kilgore | TX | 8b | Mar 8 | Nov 17 |
| Jacksonville | TX | 8b | Mar 22 | Nov 14 |
| Crowley | TX | 8b | Mar 21 | Nov 14 |
| Masonboro | NC | 8b | Mar 20 | Nov 15 |
| Sierra Vista Southeast | AZ | 8b | Apr 5 | Nov 9 |
| Ozark | AL | 8b | Mar 1 | Nov 24 |
| Chaparral | NM | 8b | Feb 28 | Nov 20 |
| College Park | GA | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 20 |
| Cedar Mill | OR | 8b | Feb 11 | Dec 5 |
| Phelan | CA | 8b | info missing | info missing |
| Hewitt | TX | 8b | Mar 9 | Nov 20 |
| Murraysville | NC | 8b | Mar 19 | Nov 20 |
| Elk Plain | WA | 8b | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Camano | WA | 8b | Mar 17 | Nov 11 |
| Dentsville | SC | 8b | Mar 16 | Nov 16 |
| Covington | GA | 8b | Mar 22 | Nov 14 |
| Saraland | AL | 8b | Feb 21 | Dec 6 |
| Ladson | SC | 8b | Mar 7 | Nov 27 |
| Canton | MS | 8b | Mar 22 | Nov 6 |
| Boerne | TX | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 13 |
| Monroe | GA | 8b | Apr 3 | Nov 7 |
| Cayce | SC | 8b | Mar 25 | Nov 7 |
| Henderson | TX | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 16 |
| Orangeburg | SC | 8b | Mar 13 | Nov 15 |
| Timberwood Park | TX | 8b | Feb 26 | Nov 28 |
| Piney Green | NC | 8b | Mar 23 | Nov 16 |
| California City | CA | 8b | Mar 15 | Nov 17 |
| Red Hill | SC | 8b | Mar 26 | Nov 11 |