Socorro, TX 88531 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Socorro, TX?
Around 03/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 186 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 261 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 12 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
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 Socorro compares
Socorro's growing season runs about 261 days, ranking 6,326 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,226 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Socorro's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Socorro can differ from the 88531 normal.