Bishop Hills, TX 79185 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bishop Hills, TX, ZIP 79185
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/13, roughly 228 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 195 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Bishop Hills, not a forecast for this year.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 19,377 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,482 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Bishop Hills can differ from the 79185 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bishop Hills's frost date answer different questions.