Tularosa, NM 88314 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tularosa, NM, ZIP 88314
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 212 frost-free days later.
Tularosa 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Tularosa 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.
The actual range around Tularosa's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tularosa compares
At roughly 212 frost-free days, Tularosa places 14,608 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NM, it ranks 81 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Tularosa can differ from the 88314 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Tularosa's frost date answer different questions.