Corona, NM 87011 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Corona, NM, ZIP 87011
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/25, roughly 240 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 180 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 Corona, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Corona has about 8 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.
Why 04/25 isn't a guarantee
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Corona compares
Corona's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 25,107 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 191 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Corona's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Corona's dates instead of trusting one.