FrostDateCheck

Angel Fire, NM 87710 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Angel Fire, NM?

Zone 6a

Around 06/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 294 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/08, about 80 frost-free days later.

Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Angel Fire, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 2 weeks of growing season left in Angel Fire before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Angel Fire's last frost

06/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 06/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 07/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Angel Fire compares

About 80 days separate Angel Fire's last and first frost, putting it 40,046 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 421 of 427.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Angel Fire's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Angel Fire can differ from the 87710 normal.