Santa Fe, NM 87502 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Santa Fe, NM, ZIP 87502
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 164 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Santa Fe 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
Zone 6b around Santa Fe has about 7 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.
The actual range around Santa Fe's last frost
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Santa Fe compares
Santa Fe's growing season runs about 164 days, ranking 30,824 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 227 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Santa Fe can differ from the 87502 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Santa Fe's frost date answer different questions.