Hurley, NM 88043 Frost Dates
Hurley, NM: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 216 days after the last spring frost.
Hurley 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Hurley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hurley against the rest of the dataset
About 216 days separate Hurley's last and first frost, putting it 13,851 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 77 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 88043's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Hurley's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hurley's dates instead of trusting one.