Bishop Hills, TX 79172 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bishop Hills, TX?
Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 195 frost-free days later.
Bishop Hills sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Bishop Hills before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
About 195 days separate Bishop Hills's last and first frost, putting it 19,375 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,480 of 2,558.
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