Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Coeur d'Alene, ID, ZIP 83815
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 179 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Coeur d'Alene, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Coeur d'Alene has about 7 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.
Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee
04/22 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. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Coeur d'Alene compares
About 179 days separate Coeur d'Alene's last and first frost, putting it 25,150 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ID, it ranks 19 of 320.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Coeur d'Alene's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Coeur d'Alene's dates instead of trusting one.