Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87101 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM, ZIP 87101
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 203 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has about 9 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
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Los Ranchos de Albuquerque compares
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 16,890 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 126 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque can differ from the 87101 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's frost date answer different questions.