Frost Dates for 87024 — Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

Half of springs at Jemez Springs, NM see their last 32°F night by May 9; only one in ten is past it by April 26, and one in ten still has one after May 23. Planting tender crops after May 15 leaves a 30% risk of a frost on them, after May 18 20%, and after May 23 10%. The 14 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is narrower than at 66% of the 70 New Mexico stations behind this site's ZIP pages.

In fall the first 32°F night comes by October 11 in half of years, as early as September 28 one year in ten, and holds off past October 22 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F follows 10 days later, around October 21; in spring the one-in-ten date for 28°F is May 12, 11 days before the 32°F one. The freeze-free season lasts 153 days in a typical year, shorter than at 61% of the 70 New Mexico stations; it reaches 171 days one year in ten and falls short of 134 one year in ten. On average 160 nights a year drop to 32°F or below. Nights of 36°F, when frost can still settle on leaves in low, open spots, continue 11 days longer, to about May 20, and return around October 2. Severe cold of 16°F or below comes every winter, usually between November 22 and March 3.

July is the warmest month at Jemez Springs, NM, averaging 89°F by day and 55°F at night; December is the coldest at 47°F and 19°F. A freezing night is all but certain in every month from October to April (a 90% chance or more). From June to August the chance of a 32°F night stays under 10% each month. In spring, May still brings one in 78% of years.

Warmth for growing adds up to 2,786 growing degree days a year (base 50°F), fewer than at 67% of the 70 New Mexico stations. 33% of them (923) have built up by the end of June, and July adds the most, 680. Precipitation totals 15.2 inches a year, most in July (2.6") and least in June (0.7"); May to September bring 55% of it.

The nearest other station, Cochiti Dam, NM, 23 miles east of Jemez Pueblo and 702 feet lower, has a last frost 13 days earlier (April 26), a first frost 10 days later (October 21), a season 25 days longer.

The first measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) in Jemez Pueblo usually arrives around November 22, and the last of the season around March 28. Those are the middle dates across the winters of 1991–2020 at Jemez Springs, NM, 11 miles away: half of years saw snow earlier, half later. Snow fell in 85% of those winters. The last 32°F night of spring typically comes 42 days after the last snow.

ZIP 87024 is 11 miles from Jemez Springs, NM, which stands at 6,262 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 87024 in zone 7a, the band where the coldest night of the year averaged 0 to 5°F (-17.8 to -15.0°C) over 1991–2020; a zone describes winter lows, not frost dates.