Dietrich, ID 83324 Frost Dates
Dietrich, ID: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
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 Dietrich, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Dietrich's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dietrich against the rest of the dataset
About 173 days separate Dietrich's last and first frost, putting it 28,076 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ID, it ranks 55 of 320.
Learn more
Before leaning on 83324's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Dietrich can differ from the 83324 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Dietrich's frost date answer different questions.