Socorro, TX 88579 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Socorro, TX?
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.
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
About 261 days separate Socorro's last and first frost, putting it 6,370 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,270 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Socorro can differ from the 88579 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Socorro's frost date answer different questions.