Paradise Valley, AZ 85032 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Paradise Valley, AZ?
Around 01/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 131 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/26, about 353 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paradise Valley in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 17 weeks of growing season left in Paradise Valley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Paradise Valley's last frost
01/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paradise Valley compares
At roughly 353 frost-free days, Paradise Valley places 2,240 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AZ, it ranks 60 of 506.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Paradise Valley's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Paradise Valley can differ from the 85032 normal.