Egegik, AK 99579 Frost Dates
Egegik, AK: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/26, roughly 271 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/15, roughly 111 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 5a (-20 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 Egegik, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 3 weeks until Egegik's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Egegik's last frost
05/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Egegik against the rest of the dataset
Egegik's growing season runs about 111 days, ranking 39,492 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AK, it ranks 166 of 269.
Learn more
Before leaning on 99579's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Egegik's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Egegik's dates instead of trusting one.