Taylor, AZ 85933 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Taylor, AZ?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/23, about 268 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 135 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Taylor, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Taylor before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Taylor's last frost
05/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Taylor compares
About 135 days separate Taylor's last and first frost, putting it 37,855 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AZ, it ranks 488 of 506.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Taylor's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Taylor can differ from the 85933 normal.