Malad City, ID 83252 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Malad City, ID, ZIP 83252
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/22, roughly 267 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/20, about 116 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Malad City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Malad City has about 3 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.
The actual range around Malad City's last frost
05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Malad City compares
Malad City's growing season runs about 116 days, ranking 39,283 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within ID, it ranks 227 of 320.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Malad City's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Malad City's dates instead of trusting one.