Salix, IA 51052 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Salix, IA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 159 frost-free days later.
Salix sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Salix before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Salix's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Salix compares
About 159 days separate Salix's last and first frost, putting it 32,758 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IA, it ranks 796 of 1,042.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Salix's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Salix can differ from the 51052 normal.