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Murray, UT 84127 Frost Dates

Murray, UT: when does the frost end?

Zone 7b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Murray in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

Stretching the season past the first frost

With roughly 9 weeks until Murray's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

The actual range around Murray's last frost

04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Murray against the rest of the dataset

Murray's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,479 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within UT, it ranks 46 of 344.

Learn more

Before leaning on 84127's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Murray can differ from the 84127 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Murray's frost date answer different questions.