Las Vegas, NM 87711 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Las Vegas, NM, ZIP 87711
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 176 frost-free days later.
Las Vegas 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
Zone 6b around Las Vegas has about 8 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 Las Vegas's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Las Vegas compares
Las Vegas's growing season runs about 176 days, ranking 26,401 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 204 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Las Vegas can differ from the 87711 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Las Vegas's frost date answer different questions.