Clovis, NM 88103 Frost Dates
Clovis, NM: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 190 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clovis in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
With roughly 8 weeks until Clovis's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clovis against the rest of the dataset
Clovis's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,037 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 146 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 88103's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Clovis's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Clovis can differ from the 88103 normal.