Woodland Park, CO 80827 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Woodland Park, CO?
Around 06/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 278 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/19, about 108 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodland Park in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 3 weeks of growing season left in Woodland Park before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Woodland Park's last frost
06/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodland Park compares
At roughly 108 frost-free days, Woodland Park places 39,537 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CO, it ranks 512 of 624.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Woodland Park can differ from the 80827 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Woodland Park's frost date answer different questions.