Española, NM 87527 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Española, NM?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/11, roughly 256 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 149 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Española 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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Española before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Española's last frost
05/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Española compares
At roughly 149 frost-free days, Española places 35,499 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 281 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Española can differ from the 87527 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Española's frost date answer different questions.