Last and first frost dates in Albuquerque

When is the last frost in Albuquerque?

The last frost in Albuquerque usually comes around 5 April: that is the median of 2016–2025, so in about half of those years the last night at or below 0 °C came later. Hardy crops start before it and frost-tender ones only after it: in the table below arugula can go into open ground from 15 March, while corn waits until 12 April. The first autumn frost follows around 9 November, about 218 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

When to sow and plant

Planting out: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop; frost-hardy crops three weeks before it; an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Seedlings are sown so they are ready on that day. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

What planting zone is Albuquerque?

The official USDA map (2023, 1991–2020 data) puts the centre of Albuquerque (ZIP 87102) in zone 7b. Zone 7b stands for an average coldest night of 5 to 10 °F (-15 to -12.2 °C), so perennials hardy to zone 7b or a colder zone should come through a typical winter here.

Check the official USDA map for Albuquerque: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.

When the soil warms up in Albuquerque

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 27 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 3 days after it.

Frost dates near Albuquerque

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Las Cruces (28 February) and latest in Pueblo (21 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Albuquerque

Within 15 km of Albuquerque OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Walmart Garden Center, 6 km away.

• Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
  Coors Boulevard Northwest 2550 · 6 km
• Rail Yards Market — market
  1st Street Southwest 777, 87102 Albuquerque · May–Oct: Sun 10:00–14:00 · 1 km · railyardsmarket.org
• Farm To You — farm shop
  Menaul Boulevard Northeast 4615, 87110 Albuquerque · Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 6 km · bomvida.com
• Osuna Nursery — garden centre
  Osuna Road Northeast 501, 87113 Albuquerque · Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 09:00–17:00 · 8 km · osunanursery.com
• Sawmill Market — market
  Bellamah Avenue Northwest 1909, 87104 Albuquerque · Sun–Thu 08:00–21:00; Fri, Sat 08:00–22:00 · 3 km
• Jericho Nursery — garden centre
  Alameda Boulevard Northwest · 13 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Albuquerque
• Selling your own harvest in the United States

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Albuquerque by month

Average weather in Albuquerque over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: April–October (22.6–34.4 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: June (33.4 °C), July (34.4 °C) and August (32.8 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in January (-3.3 °C), February (-1.4 °C) and December (-1.5 °C). About 275 mm of rain falls in a year, on 51 days; October is the wettest month (40 mm) and May the driest (17 mm).

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).