Fredonia, AZ 86052 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fredonia, AZ, ZIP 86052
Around 06/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 279 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/27, about 113 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fredonia in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Fredonia has about 4 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
06/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fredonia compares
At roughly 113 frost-free days, Fredonia places 39,397 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AZ, it ranks 497 of 506.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Fredonia's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Fredonia can differ from the 86052 normal.