Mesilla, NM 88046 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mesilla, NM, ZIP 88046
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 241 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mesilla in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Mesilla 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 Mesilla's last frost
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mesilla compares
At roughly 241 frost-free days, Mesilla places 8,574 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 18 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Mesilla can differ from the 88046 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Mesilla's frost date answer different questions.