Encino, NM 88321 Frost Dates
Encino, NM: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/09, roughly 254 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 150 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Encino in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6 weeks until Encino's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/09 isn't a guarantee
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Encino against the rest of the dataset
About 150 days separate Encino's last and first frost, putting it 35,465 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 269 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 88321's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Encino can differ from the 88321 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Encino's frost date answer different questions.