Benbrook, TX 76126 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Benbrook, TX, ZIP 76126
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 245 frost-free days later.
Benbrook 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Benbrook has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Benbrook compares
About 245 days separate Benbrook's last and first frost, putting it 7,985 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,796 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Benbrook's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Benbrook's dates instead of trusting one.