Angel Fire, NM 87713 Frost Dates
87713, near Angel Fire, NM: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 06/18, about 294 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/08, roughly 80 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Angel Fire in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Angel Fire's growing season runs out in roughly 2 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 06/18 isn't a guarantee
06/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 06/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 07/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Angel Fire against the rest of the dataset
About 80 days separate Angel Fire's last and first frost, putting it 40,047 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 422 of 427.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 87713: local microclimates, on what one yard in Angel Fire can differ from the 87713 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Angel Fire's frost date answer different questions.