Craigmont, ID 83523 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Craigmont, ID?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/23, about 268 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/25, about 121 frost-free days later.
Craigmont sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Craigmont before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/23 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. 06/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Craigmont compares
At roughly 121 frost-free days, Craigmont places 39,037 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ID, it ranks 209 of 320.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Craigmont's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Craigmont's dates instead of trusting one.