Angel Fire, NM 87723 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Angel Fire, NM, ZIP 87723
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 06/18, roughly 294 days out. 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
Zone 6a around Angel Fire has about 2 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.
Why 06/18 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 80 frost-free days, Angel Fire places 40,050 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 425 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Angel Fire can differ from the 87723 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Angel Fire's frost date answer different questions.