Colorado Springs, CO 80941 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.
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
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.
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
About 158 days separate Colorado Springs's last and first frost, putting it 32,834 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CO, it ranks 149 of 624.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Colorado Springs's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Colorado Springs's dates instead of trusting one.