Farragut, IA 51639 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Farragut, IA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 179 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Farragut, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Farragut before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Farragut's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Farragut compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Farragut places 25,448 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IA, it ranks 107 of 1,042.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Farragut can differ from the 51639 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Farragut's frost date answer different questions.