Bowie, TX 76230 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bowie, TX, ZIP 76230
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 219 frost-free days later.
Bowie sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Bowie has about 10 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
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bowie compares
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Bowie places 13,008 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,313 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Bowie's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bowie's dates instead of trusting one.