Davenport, IA 52806 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Davenport, IA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 176 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Davenport in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Davenport before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Davenport's last frost
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Davenport compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Davenport places 26,333 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IA, it ranks 132 of 1,042.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Davenport can differ from the 52806 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Davenport's frost date answer different questions.