Angel Fire, NM 87715 Frost Dates
Angel Fire, NM: when does the frost end?
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 6b (-5 to 0°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
With roughly 2 weeks until Angel Fire's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 80 frost-free days, Angel Fire places 40,048 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 423 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87715's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Angel Fire can differ from the 87715 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Angel Fire's frost date answer different questions.