Barry, TX 75102 Frost Dates
75102, near Barry, TX: the frost window
Around 03/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 191 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/23, roughly 261 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barry in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Barry's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/07 isn't a guarantee
03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Barry against the rest of the dataset
About 261 days separate Barry's last and first frost, putting it 6,452 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,318 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 75102: local microclimates, on what one yard in Barry can differ from the 75102 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Barry's frost date answer different questions.