Albuquerque, NM 87125 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albuquerque, NM, ZIP 87125
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 208 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 Albuquerque, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Albuquerque has about 10 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.
The actual range around Albuquerque's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albuquerque compares
Albuquerque's growing season runs about 208 days, ranking 15,485 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 99 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Albuquerque can differ from the 87125 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Albuquerque's frost date answer different questions.