Socorro, TX 88577 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Socorro, TX, ZIP 88577
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/02, roughly 186 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 261 frost-free days later.
Socorro 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 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
At roughly 261 frost-free days, Socorro places 6,368 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,268 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b 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.