Española, NM 87530 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Española, NM?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 168 frost-free days later.
Española 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 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 Española compares
At roughly 168 frost-free days, Española places 29,688 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 215 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Española's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Española can differ from the 87530 normal.