Gallup, NM 87375 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gallup, NM, ZIP 87375
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/31, about 276 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/28, about 119 frost-free days later.
Gallup sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Gallup has about 4 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gallup compares
At roughly 119 frost-free days, Gallup places 39,129 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 386 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Gallup's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Gallup's dates instead of trusting one.