Bangs, TX 76827 Frost Dates
Bangs, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/14, roughly 198 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 249 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bangs 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
With roughly 12 weeks until Bangs's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Bangs's last frost
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bangs against the rest of the dataset
Bangs's growing season runs about 249 days, ranking 7,642 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,725 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76827's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Bangs can differ from the 76827 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Bangs's frost date answer different questions.