Pecos, NM 87560 Frost Dates
Pecos, NM: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 176 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pecos in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 8 weeks until Pecos's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pecos against the rest of the dataset
Pecos's growing season runs about 176 days, ranking 26,515 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 205 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87560's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Pecos's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Pecos can differ from the 87560 normal.