Socorro, NM 87801 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Socorro, NM?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 191 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Socorro, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Socorro before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Socorro's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Socorro compares
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Socorro places 20,742 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 140 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Socorro's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Socorro's dates instead of trusting one.