Tijeras, NM 87123 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tijeras, NM, ZIP 87123
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 184 frost-free days later.
Tijeras sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Zone 7b around Tijeras has about 8 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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tijeras compares
At roughly 184 frost-free days, Tijeras places 23,627 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 176 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Tijeras's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Tijeras can differ from the 87123 normal.