31.7587°N/106.4869°W

When to plant in El Paso

Texas, United States · Hot desert (Köppen BWh)
Last spring frost · safe
Mar 28
~10% frost risk · typical Mar 6
First fall frost · safe
Oct 29
~10% frost risk · typical Nov 17
Frost-free days
252
Mar 6 → Nov 17
Climate zone
Hot desert
Köppen BWh
87/100 confidence
◇ Station-basedCurated · based on NOAA GHCN-Daily 1991–2020 normal
The frost date shown is the safe date (~10% frost risk); the typical median is shown alongside. Your microclimate can shift things ±1–2 weeks.
The growing year
Frost-bounded season with crops mapped onto the 12-month axis.
Frost risk Growing Harvest
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
MAR 6
NOV 17
Source: Curated · based on NOAA GHCN-Daily 1991–2020 normal · Köppen–Geiger classification (Beck et al. 2023) · crop windows from FAO ECOCROP references. How we calculate this →

Also see frost dates for El Paso.