FrostDateCheck

Kuna, ID 83720 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Kuna, ID?

Zone 7a

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

About 8 weeks of growing season left in Kuna before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

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

At roughly 179 frost-free days, Kuna places 25,171 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ID, it ranks 28 of 320.

Learn more

local microclimates covers what one yard in Kuna can differ from the 83720 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Kuna's frost date answer different questions.