Oak Creek, CO 80469 Frost Dates
Oak Creek, CO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 06/14, about 290 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/11, roughly 89 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Oak Creek in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 2 weeks until Oak Creek'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
06/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 06/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Oak Creek against the rest of the dataset
About 89 days separate Oak Creek's last and first frost, putting it 39,922 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CO, it ranks 548 of 624.
Learn more
Before leaning on 80469's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Oak Creek can differ from the 80469 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Oak Creek's frost date answer different questions.