Gallup, NM 87320 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gallup, NM?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/29, about 274 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/28, about 121 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gallup in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Gallup before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gallup's last frost
05/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gallup compares
About 121 days separate Gallup's last and first frost, putting it 38,994 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 372 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Gallup can differ from the 87320 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Gallup's frost date answer different questions.