Paoli, CO 80746 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Paoli, CO?
Around 05/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 256 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 144 frost-free days later.
Paoli sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Paoli before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Paoli's last frost
05/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paoli compares
At roughly 144 frost-free days, Paoli places 36,480 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CO, it ranks 376 of 624.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Paoli can differ from the 80746 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Paoli's frost date answer different questions.