Socorro, NM 87832 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Socorro, NM, ZIP 87832
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
Zone 7b around Socorro has about 8 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 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
Socorro's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,745 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 143 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Socorro's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Socorro's dates instead of trusting one.