Bells, TX 75414 Frost Dates
Bells, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 198 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 250 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bells in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
With roughly 12 weeks until Bells's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bells against the rest of the dataset
About 250 days separate Bells's last and first frost, putting it 7,550 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,691 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75414's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Bells's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Bells can differ from the 75414 normal.