Edgewater, CO 80204 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Edgewater, CO, ZIP 80204
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 165 frost-free days later.
Edgewater sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Edgewater has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Edgewater's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Edgewater compares
About 165 days separate Edgewater's last and first frost, putting it 30,542 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CO, it ranks 40 of 624.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Edgewater can differ from the 80204 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Edgewater's frost date answer different questions.