El Paso, TX 79906 Frost Dates
Frost dates for El Paso, TX, ZIP 79906
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 261 frost-free days later.
El Paso sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around El Paso has about 12 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.
Why 03/02 isn't a guarantee
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How El Paso compares
At roughly 261 frost-free days, El Paso places 6,255 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,160 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around El Paso's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in El Paso can differ from the 79906 normal.