Milan, NM 87323 Frost Dates
Milan, NM: when does the frost end?
Around 05/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 274 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/26, roughly 118 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Milan in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 4 weeks until Milan's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Milan's last frost
05/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Milan against the rest of the dataset
About 118 days separate Milan's last and first frost, putting it 39,204 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 392 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87323's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Milan's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Milan's dates instead of trusting one.