Colorado Springs, CO 80934 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Colorado Springs, CO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/03, roughly 248 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 158 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Colorado Springs, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Colorado Springs before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Colorado Springs's last frost
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
About 158 days separate Colorado Springs's last and first frost, putting it 32,829 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CO, it ranks 144 of 624.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Colorado Springs's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Colorado Springs can differ from the 80934 normal.