Eek, AK 99680 Frost Dates
Eek, AK: when does the frost end?
Around 05/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 266 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/22, roughly 122 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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 Eek, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Eek's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Eek against the rest of the dataset
About 122 days separate Eek's last and first frost, putting it 38,977 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AK, it ranks 123 of 269.
Learn more
Before leaning on 99680's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Eek can differ from the 99680 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Eek's frost date answer different questions.