Avondale, AZ 85036 Frost Dates
Avondale, AZ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/14, about 139 days from today. 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.
The actual range around Avondale's last frost
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 2,471 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AZ, it ranks 85 of 506.
Learn more
Before leaning on 85036's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Avondale's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Avondale's dates instead of trusting one.