Bellmead, TX 76705 Frost Dates
76705, near Bellmead, TX: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/09, about 193 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 256 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Bellmead's growing season runs out in roughly 12 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
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bellmead against the rest of the dataset
Bellmead's growing season runs about 256 days, ranking 6,805 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,480 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 76705: local microclimates, on what one yard in Bellmead can differ from the 76705 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Bellmead's frost date answer different questions.