Española, NM 87544 Frost Dates
Española, NM: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 06/10, roughly 286 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/13, roughly 94 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 2 weeks until Española's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
06/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Española against the rest of the dataset
Española's growing season runs about 94 days, ranking 39,820 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 407 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87544's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Española's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Española's dates instead of trusting one.