Hatch, NM 87941 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hatch, NM?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 224 frost-free days later.
Hatch sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 10 weeks of growing season left in Hatch before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hatch's last frost
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hatch compares
About 224 days separate Hatch's last and first frost, putting it 11,914 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 48 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Hatch's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Hatch's dates instead of trusting one.