Tijeras, NM 87008 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tijeras, NM, ZIP 87008
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 152 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Tijeras, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Tijeras has about 6 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
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tijeras compares
About 152 days separate Tijeras's last and first frost, putting it 34,869 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 267 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Tijeras's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Tijeras can differ from the 87008 normal.