Taylor, AZ 85939 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Taylor, AZ, ZIP 85939
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/11, roughly 256 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 149 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Taylor has about 6 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
05/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Taylor compares
About 149 days separate Taylor's last and first frost, putting it 35,518 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AZ, it ranks 462 of 506.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Taylor's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Taylor's dates instead of trusting one.