Hobbs, NM 88240 Frost Dates
Hobbs, NM: when does the frost end?
Around 03/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 212 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 225 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hobbs in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 11 weeks until Hobbs's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/28 isn't a guarantee
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hobbs against the rest of the dataset
About 225 days separate Hobbs's last and first frost, putting it 11,361 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 41 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 88240's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Hobbs's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hobbs's dates instead of trusting one.