Ordway, CO 81034 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ordway, CO?
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 159 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ordway 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 6 weeks of growing season left in Ordway before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ordway's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ordway compares
At roughly 159 frost-free days, Ordway places 32,699 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CO, it ranks 121 of 624.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Ordway's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Ordway's dates instead of trusting one.