Camp Verde, AZ 86342 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Camp Verde, AZ, ZIP 86342
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 196 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Camp Verde, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Camp Verde has about 9 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
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
Camp Verde's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 18,930 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AZ, it ranks 394 of 506.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Camp Verde's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Camp Verde can differ from the 86342 normal.