Chandler, AZ 85248 Frost Dates
Chandler, AZ: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/01, roughly 157 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/11, roughly 315 days after the last spring frost.
Chandler sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 15 weeks until Chandler's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/01 isn't a guarantee
02/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 02/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Chandler against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 315 frost-free days, Chandler places 3,395 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AZ, it ranks 207 of 506.
Learn more
Before leaning on 85248's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Chandler's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Chandler's dates instead of trusting one.