Hurley, NM 88034 Frost Dates
88034, near Hurley, NM: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 191 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hurley 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
Hurley's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hurley against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Hurley places 20,819 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 144 of 427.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 88034: local microclimates, on what one yard in Hurley can differ from the 88034 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Hurley's frost date answer different questions.