Anthony, NM 88024 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Anthony, NM, ZIP 88024
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 231 frost-free days later.
Anthony sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Anthony has about 11 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.
The actual range around Anthony's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Anthony compares
About 231 days separate Anthony's last and first frost, putting it 10,174 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 26 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Anthony's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Anthony can differ from the 88024 normal.