Ovid, CO 80744 Frost Dates
80744, near Ovid, CO: the frost window
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 152 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ovid in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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
Ovid's growing season runs out in roughly 6 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ovid against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 152 frost-free days, Ovid places 34,890 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CO, it ranks 298 of 624.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 80744: the frost range, on how to read the range around Ovid's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Ovid can differ from the 80744 normal.