Saxman, AK 99923 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Saxman, AK?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/04, about 249 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 157 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Saxman, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Saxman before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Saxman's last frost
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Saxman compares
At roughly 157 frost-free days, Saxman places 33,440 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AK, it ranks 37 of 269.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Saxman's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Saxman can differ from the 99923 normal.