Dove Creek, CO 81331 Frost Dates
Dove Creek, CO: when does the frost end?
Around 05/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 260 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/08, roughly 147 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dove Creek in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Dove Creek's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Dove Creek's last frost
05/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dove Creek against the rest of the dataset
Dove Creek's growing season runs about 147 days, ranking 35,950 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CO, it ranks 350 of 624.
Learn more
Before leaning on 81331's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Dove Creek's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Dove Creek can differ from the 81331 normal.