Bardwell, TX 75101 Frost Dates
Bardwell, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 245 days after the last spring frost.
Bardwell sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Bardwell's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/16 isn't a guarantee
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bardwell against the rest of the dataset
Bardwell's growing season runs about 245 days, ranking 8,057 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,823 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75101's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Bardwell can differ from the 75101 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Bardwell's frost date answer different questions.