Gallup, NM 87325 Frost Dates
Gallup, 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 09/28, roughly 121 days after the last spring frost.
Gallup sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Gallup's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gallup against the rest of the dataset
Gallup's growing season runs about 121 days, ranking 38,995 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 373 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87325's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Gallup's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Gallup can differ from the 87325 normal.