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Leeds, UT 84771 Frost Dates

84771, near Leeds, UT: the frost window

Zone 8b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 207 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Leeds in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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

Leeds's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.

Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee

04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Leeds against the rest of the dataset

Leeds's growing season runs about 207 days, ranking 15,854 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within UT, it ranks 15 of 344.

Learn more

Two guides worth reading on 84771: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Leeds's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Leeds's dates instead of trusting one.