Bayard, NM 88062 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bayard, NM?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 216 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Bayard, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Bayard before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bayard's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bayard compares
About 216 days separate Bayard's last and first frost, putting it 13,812 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 71 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Bayard's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Bayard's dates instead of trusting one.