Bellmead, TX 76704 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bellmead, TX, ZIP 76704
Around 03/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 193 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 256 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bellmead 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
Zone 8b around Bellmead has about 12 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.
The actual range around Bellmead's last frost
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bellmead compares
About 256 days separate Bellmead's last and first frost, putting it 6,804 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,479 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Bellmead's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bellmead's dates instead of trusting one.