Bishop Hills, TX 79116 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bishop Hills, TX, ZIP 79116
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 182 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 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bishop Hills compares
About 182 days separate Bishop Hills's last and first frost, putting it 24,337 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,532 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Bishop Hills's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Bishop Hills can differ from the 79116 normal.