Avondale, AZ 85010 Frost Dates
Avondale, AZ: when does the frost end?
Around 01/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 139 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/22, roughly 343 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Avondale in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 17 weeks until Avondale'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
01/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Avondale against the rest of the dataset
Avondale's growing season runs about 343 days, ranking 2,467 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AZ, it ranks 81 of 506.
Learn more
Before leaning on 85010's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Avondale's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Avondale can differ from the 85010 normal.