Bellevue, TX 76228 Frost Dates
76228, near Bellevue, TX: the frost window
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 219 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bellevue 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
Bellevue's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bellevue against the rest of the dataset
Bellevue's growing season runs about 219 days, ranking 13,108 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,325 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 76228: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Bellevue's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Bellevue's dates instead of trusting one.