Kuna, ID 83717 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kuna, ID, ZIP 83717
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 179 frost-free days later.
Kuna sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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 7a around Kuna has about 8 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 Kuna's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kuna compares
About 179 days separate Kuna's last and first frost, putting it 25,169 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ID, it ranks 26 of 320.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Kuna's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Kuna's dates instead of trusting one.