Barstow, TX 79754 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barstow, TX, ZIP 79754
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 222 frost-free days later.
Barstow sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Zone 8a around Barstow has about 10 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 Barstow's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barstow compares
Barstow's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,349 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,284 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Barstow's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Barstow's dates instead of trusting one.