Kirtland, NM 86556 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kirtland, NM?
Around 05/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 248 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 163 frost-free days later.
Kirtland sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Kirtland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kirtland's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kirtland compares
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Kirtland places 31,506 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 237 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Kirtland can differ from the 86556 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Kirtland's frost date answer different questions.