Socorro, TX 88555 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Socorro, TX, ZIP 88555
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Socorro in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Socorro 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
About 261 days separate Socorro's last and first frost, putting it 6,347 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,247 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Socorro's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Socorro can differ from the 88555 normal.