Bear Creek, TX 78736 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bear Creek, TX, ZIP 78736
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/20, roughly 176 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 291 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bear Creek in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 9a around Bear Creek has about 14 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 Bear Creek's last frost
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bear Creek compares
Bear Creek's growing season runs about 291 days, ranking 4,483 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 625 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Bear Creek's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bear Creek's dates instead of trusting one.