Burns, WY 82060 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Burns, WY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/14, about 259 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/26, about 133 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Burns in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 4 weeks of growing season left in Burns before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Burns's last frost
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Burns compares
Burns's growing season runs about 133 days, ranking 38,118 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WY, it ranks 54 of 192.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Burns's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Burns can differ from the 82060 normal.