Cheyenne Wells, CO 80802 Frost Dates
Cheyenne Wells, CO: when does the frost end?
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/14, roughly 165 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cheyenne Wells 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 7 weeks until Cheyenne Wells's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Cheyenne Wells's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cheyenne Wells against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Cheyenne Wells places 30,667 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CO, it ranks 60 of 624.
Learn more
Before leaning on 80802's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Cheyenne Wells's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Cheyenne Wells can differ from the 80802 normal.