Bloomfield, NM 87413 Frost Dates
Bloomfield, NM: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bloomfield in Zone 7a (0 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 7 weeks until Bloomfield's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bloomfield against the rest of the dataset
About 177 days separate Bloomfield's last and first frost, putting it 26,094 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 200 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87413's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bloomfield's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Bloomfield's dates instead of trusting one.