Eloy, AZ 85634 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eloy, AZ, ZIP 85634
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 195 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Eloy, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Eloy has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eloy compares
About 195 days separate Eloy's last and first frost, putting it 19,212 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AZ, it ranks 413 of 506.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Eloy's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Eloy can differ from the 85634 normal.