Hatch, NM 87937 Frost Dates
Hatch, NM: when does the frost end?
Around 03/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 209 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 224 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hatch in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 10 weeks until Hatch'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
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hatch against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 224 frost-free days, Hatch places 11,913 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 47 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87937's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Hatch can differ from the 87937 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Hatch's frost date answer different questions.