Tusayan, AZ 86435 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tusayan, AZ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 06/01, roughly 277 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 123 frost-free days later.
Tusayan 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Tusayan before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Tusayan's last frost
06/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tusayan compares
Tusayan's growing season runs about 123 days, ranking 38,913 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AZ, it ranks 492 of 506.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Tusayan's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Tusayan can differ from the 86435 normal.