Benbrook, TX 76132 Frost Dates
Benbrook, 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 11/16, roughly 245 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Benbrook 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
With roughly 11 weeks until Benbrook's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Benbrook's last frost
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 04/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Benbrook against the rest of the dataset
Benbrook's growing season runs about 245 days, ranking 7,986 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,797 of 2,558.
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Before leaning on 76132's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Benbrook can differ from the 76132 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Benbrook's frost date answer different questions.