Lordsburg, NM 88045 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lordsburg, NM?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 179 frost-free days later.
Lordsburg 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Lordsburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lordsburg's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lordsburg compares
About 179 days separate Lordsburg's last and first frost, putting it 25,340 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 198 of 427.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Lordsburg can differ from the 88045 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Lordsburg's frost date answer different questions.