Escalante, UT 84726 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Escalante, UT?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/08, roughly 253 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 155 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Escalante in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Escalante before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Escalante compares
At roughly 155 frost-free days, Escalante places 34,049 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within UT, it ranks 190 of 344.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Escalante's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Escalante can differ from the 84726 normal.