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Moyie Springs, ID 83826 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Moyie Springs, ID?

Zone 6a

Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 154 frost-free days later.

Moyie Springs sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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 5 weeks of growing season left in Moyie Springs before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Moyie Springs's last frost

04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Moyie Springs compares

About 154 days separate Moyie Springs's last and first frost, putting it 34,367 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ID, it ranks 103 of 320.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Moyie Springs's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Moyie Springs's dates instead of trusting one.