Murray, UT 84130 Frost Dates
Murray, UT: when does the frost end?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Murray, not a forecast for this year.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
About 204 days separate Murray's last and first frost, putting it 16,480 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within UT, it ranks 47 of 344.
Learn more
Before leaning on 84130's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Murray's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Murray can differ from the 84130 normal.