Sedona, AZ 86336 Frost Dates
Sedona, AZ: when does the frost end?
Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Sedona, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Sedona's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sedona against the rest of the dataset
Sedona's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,545 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AZ, it ranks 376 of 506.
Learn more
Before leaning on 86336's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Sedona's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Sedona can differ from the 86336 normal.