Bishop Hills, TX 79105 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bishop Hills, TX, ZIP 79105
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 195 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bishop Hills in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Bishop Hills has about 9 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 Bishop Hills's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bishop Hills compares
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Bishop Hills places 19,371 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,476 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bishop Hills's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bishop Hills's dates instead of trusting one.