FrostDateCheck

Bynum, TX 76631 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Bynum, TX?

Zone 8b

Around 03/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 205 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 235 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bynum in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Bynum before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Bynum's last frost

03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Bynum compares

At roughly 235 frost-free days, Bynum places 9,665 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,040 of 2,558.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Bynum's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bynum can differ from the 76631 normal.