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Mosquero, NM 87746 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Mosquero, NM?

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 210 frost-free days later.

Mosquero sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Mosquero before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Mosquero's last frost

04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Mosquero compares

Mosquero's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 15,131 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 88 of 427.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Mosquero's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Mosquero can differ from the 87746 normal.