Las Vegas, NM 87731 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Las Vegas, NM?
Around 05/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 269 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 129 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Las Vegas, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Las Vegas before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Las Vegas compares
At roughly 129 frost-free days, Las Vegas places 38,441 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 362 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Las Vegas's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Las Vegas can differ from the 87731 normal.