Colorado Springs, CO 80914 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Colorado Springs, CO, ZIP 80914
Around 05/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 248 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 158 frost-free days later.
Colorado Springs sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Colorado Springs has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Colorado Springs compares
Colorado Springs's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 32,823 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CO, it ranks 138 of 624.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Colorado Springs's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Colorado Springs can differ from the 80914 normal.