Barstow, TX 79719 Frost Dates
Barstow, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 239 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barstow in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Barstow's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Barstow against the rest of the dataset
About 239 days separate Barstow's last and first frost, putting it 8,897 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,972 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79719's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Barstow's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Barstow can differ from the 79719 normal.