Point Hope, AK 99766 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Point Hope, AK?
Around 06/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 286 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/11, about 92 frost-free days later.
Point Hope sits in USDA Zone 3a (-40 to -35°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 2 weeks of growing season left in Point Hope before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Point Hope's last frost
06/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Point Hope compares
At roughly 92 frost-free days, Point Hope places 39,888 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AK, it ranks 216 of 269.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Point Hope's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Point Hope can differ from the 99766 normal.