Española, NM 87566 Frost Dates
Española, NM: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/11, about 256 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/06, roughly 149 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 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
Española's growing season runs about 149 days, ranking 35,503 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 285 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87566's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Española's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Española can differ from the 87566 normal.