Questa, NM 87577 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Questa, NM, ZIP 87577
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/31, about 276 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/28, about 118 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Questa, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Questa has about 4 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Questa's last frost
05/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Questa compares
Questa's growing season runs about 118 days, ranking 39,210 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 395 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Questa's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Questa can differ from the 87577 normal.