Elida, NM 88122 Frost Dates
Elida, NM: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 180 days after the last spring frost.
Elida sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Elida's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Elida against the rest of the dataset
Elida's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 25,099 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NM, it ranks 190 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 88122's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Elida can differ from the 88122 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Elida's frost date answer different questions.