Española, NM 87548 Frost Dates
Española, NM: when does the frost end?
Around 05/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 256 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/06, roughly 149 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Española 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 6 weeks until Española's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Española's last frost
05/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Española against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 149 frost-free days, Española places 35,502 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 284 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87548'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.