Grand Junction, CO 81527 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Grand Junction, CO, ZIP 81527
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.
Grand Junction 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 Grand Junction has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Grand Junction compares
Grand Junction's growing season runs about 179 days, ranking 25,145 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CO, it ranks 5 of 624.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Grand Junction can differ from the 81527 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Grand Junction's frost date answer different questions.