Globe, AZ 85501 Frost Dates
85501, near Globe, AZ: the frost window
Around 02/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 180 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/01, roughly 279 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Globe in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
Globe's growing season runs out in roughly 14 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 02/24 isn't a guarantee
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Globe against the rest of the dataset
Globe's growing season runs about 279 days, ranking 4,891 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AZ, it ranks 297 of 506.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 85501: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9a and Globe's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Globe's dates instead of trusting one.