Huslia, AK 99746 Frost Dates
99746, near Huslia, AK: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/18, about 263 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/08, roughly 111 days after the last spring frost.
Huslia sits in USDA Zone 2a (-50 to -45°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Huslia's growing season runs out in roughly 2 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/18 isn't a guarantee
05/18 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 06/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Huslia against the rest of the dataset
Huslia's growing season runs about 111 days, ranking 39,477 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AK, it ranks 156 of 269.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 99746: local microclimates, on what one yard in Huslia can differ from the 99746 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 2a and Huslia's frost date answer different questions.