Saxman, AK 99926 Frost Dates
Saxman, AK: when does the frost end?
Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Saxman in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Saxman's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Saxman's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Saxman against the rest of the dataset
About 192 days separate Saxman's last and first frost, putting it 20,545 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AK, it ranks 8 of 269.
Learn more
Before leaning on 99926's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Saxman's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Saxman's dates instead of trusting one.