Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ 85930 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ?
Around 05/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 265 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 142 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pinetop-Lakeside in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6 weeks of growing season left in Pinetop-Lakeside before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pinetop-Lakeside's last frost
05/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pinetop-Lakeside compares
Pinetop-Lakeside's growing season runs about 142 days, ranking 36,731 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AZ, it ranks 478 of 506.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Pinetop-Lakeside can differ from the 85930 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Pinetop-Lakeside's frost date answer different questions.