Eagle Nest, NM 87718 Frost Dates
Eagle Nest, NM: when does the frost end?
Around 06/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 292 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/14, roughly 87 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eagle Nest 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
With roughly 2 weeks until Eagle Nest'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
06/16 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 07/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Eagle Nest against the rest of the dataset
About 87 days separate Eagle Nest's last and first frost, putting it 39,969 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 419 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87718's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Eagle Nest can differ from the 87718 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Eagle Nest's frost date answer different questions.