Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87120 Frost Dates
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM: when does the frost end?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 193 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 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque against the rest of the dataset
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 19,835 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 137 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87120's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque can differ from the 87120 normal.