El Paso, TX 79920 Frost Dates
Frost dates for El Paso, TX, ZIP 79920
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.
The actual range around El Paso's last frost
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
El Paso's growing season runs about 261 days, ranking 6,259 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,164 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and El Paso's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around El Paso's dates instead of trusting one.