Winslow, AZ 86030 Frost Dates
Winslow, AZ: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/16, roughly 261 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 147 days after the last spring frost.
Winslow sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Winslow's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Winslow against the rest of the dataset
Winslow's growing season runs about 147 days, ranking 35,875 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AZ, it ranks 463 of 506.
Learn more
Before leaning on 86030's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Winslow's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Winslow's dates instead of trusting one.