Colorado Springs, CO 80947 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Colorado Springs, CO, ZIP 80947
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
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.
Why 05/03 isn't a guarantee
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 32,837 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CO, it ranks 152 of 624.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Colorado Springs's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Colorado Springs's dates instead of trusting one.