Lovington, NM 88264 Frost Dates
Lovington, 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 11/13, roughly 230 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lovington 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 Lovington'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 03/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lovington against the rest of the dataset
About 230 days separate Lovington's last and first frost, putting it 10,351 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 32 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 88264's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lovington's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lovington can differ from the 88264 normal.