Camp Verde, AZ 86322 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Camp Verde, AZ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 196 frost-free days later.
Camp Verde sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Camp Verde before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Camp Verde compares
At roughly 196 frost-free days, Camp Verde places 18,928 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AZ, it ranks 392 of 506.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Camp Verde's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Camp Verde's dates instead of trusting one.