Foxfield, CO 80015 Frost Dates
Foxfield, CO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/08, roughly 152 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Foxfield in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Foxfield's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Foxfield against the rest of the dataset
About 152 days separate Foxfield's last and first frost, putting it 34,831 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CO, it ranks 293 of 624.
Learn more
Before leaning on 80015's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Foxfield can differ from the 80015 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Foxfield's frost date answer different questions.