Albuquerque, NM 87194 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albuquerque, NM, ZIP 87194
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 208 frost-free days later.
Albuquerque 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 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
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Albuquerque places 15,498 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 112 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Albuquerque can differ from the 87194 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Albuquerque's frost date answer different questions.