Bishop, TX 78343 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bishop, TX?
Around 02/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 169 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/07, about 305 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bishop in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 14 weeks of growing season left in Bishop before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bishop's last frost
02/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bishop compares
At roughly 305 frost-free days, Bishop places 3,736 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 288 of 2,558.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Bishop can differ from the 78343 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Bishop's frost date answer different questions.