Deming, NM 88030 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Deming, NM, ZIP 88030
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 213 frost-free days later.
Deming 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
Zone 8a around Deming has about 10 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
04/05 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. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Deming compares
At roughly 213 frost-free days, Deming places 14,462 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 78 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Deming's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Deming's dates instead of trusting one.