Fruita, CO 84540 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fruita, CO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/21, roughly 266 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/26, about 126 frost-free days later.
Fruita sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 4 weeks of growing season left in Fruita before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/21 isn't a guarantee
05/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fruita compares
At roughly 126 frost-free days, Fruita places 38,681 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CO, it ranks 452 of 624.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Fruita's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Fruita's dates instead of trusting one.