Dora, NM 88115 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dora, NM, ZIP 88115
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 180 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 Dora, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Dora 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.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dora compares
At roughly 180 frost-free days, Dora places 25,110 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 192 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Dora's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Dora can differ from the 88115 normal.