Grady, NM 88112 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Grady, NM, ZIP 88112
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 190 frost-free days later.
Grady sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Grady has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Grady compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Grady places 21,351 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 156 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Grady can differ from the 88112 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Grady's frost date answer different questions.