Belen, NM 87060 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Belen, NM?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 208 frost-free days later.
Belen 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Belen before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Belen compares
About 208 days separate Belen's last and first frost, putting it 15,570 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 117 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Belen's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Belen's dates instead of trusting one.