Cloudcroft, NM 88350 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cloudcroft, NM, ZIP 88350
Around 05/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 263 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 134 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cloudcroft 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 Cloudcroft has about 5 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 05/18 isn't a guarantee
05/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cloudcroft compares
About 134 days separate Cloudcroft's last and first frost, putting it 37,996 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 361 of 427.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Cloudcroft can differ from the 88350 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Cloudcroft's frost date answer different questions.