Tusayan, AZ 86002 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tusayan, AZ, ZIP 86002
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 161 frost-free days later.
Tusayan sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Tusayan has about 7 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
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tusayan compares
At roughly 161 frost-free days, Tusayan places 32,124 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AZ, it ranks 454 of 506.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Tusayan's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Tusayan can differ from the 86002 normal.