Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87111 Frost Dates
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM: when does the frost end?
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 184 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Los Ranchos de Albuquerque in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque against the rest of the dataset
About 184 days separate Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's last and first frost, putting it 23,491 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 173 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87111's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's dates instead of trusting one.