Sedona, AZ 86017 Frost Dates
Sedona, AZ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 06/10, about 286 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 106 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sedona in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Sedona's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Sedona's last frost
06/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sedona against the rest of the dataset
About 106 days separate Sedona's last and first frost, putting it 39,573 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AZ, it ranks 498 of 506.
Learn more
Before leaning on 86017's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Sedona can differ from the 86017 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Sedona's frost date answer different questions.