Angel Fire, NM 87734 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Angel Fire, NM, ZIP 87734
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.
Angel Fire sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
About 80 days separate Angel Fire's last and first frost, putting it 40,051 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 426 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Angel Fire's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Angel Fire can differ from the 87734 normal.