Moriarty, NM 87070 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Moriarty, NM?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/14, roughly 259 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 142 frost-free days later.
Moriarty sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 5 weeks of growing season left in Moriarty 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
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Moriarty compares
At roughly 142 frost-free days, Moriarty places 36,749 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 325 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Moriarty's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Moriarty's dates instead of trusting one.