Hope, NM 88250 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hope, NM, ZIP 88250
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 218 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hope in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Hope has about 10 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 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hope compares
About 218 days separate Hope's last and first frost, putting it 13,359 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 66 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hope's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hope can differ from the 88250 normal.