Pecos, NM 87552 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pecos, NM?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/15, roughly 260 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 138 frost-free days later.
Pecos sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 5 weeks of growing season left in Pecos 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
05/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pecos compares
At roughly 138 frost-free days, Pecos places 37,412 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 331 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Pecos's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pecos can differ from the 87552 normal.