Your nature year
Santa Fe, New Mexicothrough the year
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Santa Fe?
Spring green-up reaches town around Mar 24, with first blooms around Apr 30. Frost usually lets go around May 14 and comes back around Oct 6, according to the Santa Fe 2 weather station (3 mi): roughly 145 days without it. Head northeast for the closest of the 3 places we follow around Santa Fe. The closest place we follow is Hyde Park Road, 12 miles away, for fall foliage, usually at its best Oct 1–7.
Updated Sep 27. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Best this weekend nearby
- No report yet
- Great Sand Dunes · 145 mi · Fall foliage
Usually Sep 21–Oct 10
Sat Oct 3: Sunny, 67°F · Sun Oct 4: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 64°F
No report yet
Places in their own usual window that weekend; reports are the latest official ones, forecasts from the National Weather Service. 1 more nearby place has only regional or statewide timing, so it isn't listed.
Santa Fe's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~May 14 to ~Oct 6
- First leaf ~Mar 24
- First bloom ~Apr 30
- Today
Near Santa Fe right now
- First fall frost usually around Oct 6 · last spring frost around May 14NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Santa Fe 2 (3 mi, 50% dates)~8 days
- Valles Caldera · 32 mi · Local timing: Sep 1–Nov 30Fall foliage · in its window now
- Great Sand Dunes · 145 mi · usually Sep 21–Oct 10Fall foliage · in its window now
Santa Fe's nature year
- Spring green-upMar
- Last spring frostMay
- First fall frostOct
- Fall foliage · Hyde Park RoadOct
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- Hyde Park Road · 12 miusually Oct 1–7~3 days
- Valles Caldera · 32 miLocal timing: Sep 1–Nov 30
- Great Sand Dunes · 145 miusually Sep 21–Oct 10
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
May 14
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 6
About 145 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Mar 24
First bloom around Apr 30
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Santa Fe 2 (3 mi from Santa Fe), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Santa Fe?
On average around Oct 6, and the last spring frost around May 14: about 145 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Santa Fe 2, 3 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Santa Fe?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Mar 24 and first bloom around Apr 30, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Santa Fe?
Hyde Park Road, 12 miles (usually Oct 1–7); Valles Caldera, 32 miles (local timing: Sep 1–Nov 30); Great Sand Dunes, 145 miles (usually Sep 21–Oct 10). Distances are straight-line.
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27)