Paul, ID 83347 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Paul, ID, ZIP 83347
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 150 frost-free days later.
Paul 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 Paul has about 5 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 Paul's last frost
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paul compares
At roughly 150 frost-free days, Paul places 35,315 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ID, it ranks 112 of 320.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Paul's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Paul can differ from the 83347 normal.