Kuna, ID 83735 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kuna, ID, ZIP 83735
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 25,177 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ID, it ranks 34 of 320.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Kuna can differ from the 83735 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Kuna's frost date answer different questions.