Right now
34°C / 93°F
Clear · wind 13 km/h · 23% RH
Soil (6 cm)
30°C / 85°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
7b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -13°C
Frost window
Apr 10 – Nov 6
~210 frost-free days · first frost in ~59 days
Sun
06:44 – 19:23
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Denver
Tue
Overcast
34° / 19°
dry
Wed
Overcast
36° / 20°
dry
Thu
Partly cloudy
34° / 18°
dry
Fri
Overcast
35° / 23°
dry
Sat
Drizzle
33° / 25°
0.8 mm
Sun
Drizzle
34° / 25°
2.6 mm
Mon
Drizzle
32° / 23°
1.6 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyAlbuquerque Gardening: Early Fall Planting & Harvest (Sept 8–14). Albuquerque Fall Fishing: Rio Grande & Urban Ponds, Early September. Fall Foraging in Albuquerque: September's Desert Harvest.
Gardening
Albuquerque Gardening: Early Fall Planting & Harvest (Sept 8–14)
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Space or Bloomsdale)
- Lettuce (Buttercrunch, Jericho)
- Radish (Cherry Belle, Icicle)
- Arugula (Roquette)
Fishing
Albuquerque Fall Fishing: Rio Grande & Urban Ponds, Early September
What's biting
- Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout
- Smallmouth Bass
- Channel Catfish
- Walleye
Foraging
Fall Foraging in Albuquerque: September's Desert Harvest
In season now
- Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia)
- Desert Chia (Salvia hispanica and S. lyrata)
- Wolfberries (Lycium pallidum and L. andersonii)
- Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri and A. retroflexus)
Your ecological region
Deserts & Dry Basins
The Great Basin, Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts and the Columbia and Snake River plateaus: sun, low humidity and cold nights.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 7b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -13°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Albuquerque every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.