Last frost dates in Utah

169 NOAA weather stations in Utah have thirty years of frost records. The median station sees its last 32 °F night around May 11; across the state that ranges from Mar 9 to Jun 21, so pick the station nearest you rather than a state-wide figure.

HITE RS Mar 9 Apr 5 Feb 16 Nov 20 253
ST GEORGE Mar 14 Apr 6 Feb 27 Nov 10 239
LYTLE RCH Mar 18 Apr 16 Feb 23 Nov 9 234
BULLFROG BASIN Mar 25 Apr 12 Mar 8 Nov 10 227
VALLEY OF THE GODS Mar 29 Apr 15 Mar 8 Nov 6 223
SALT LAKE TRIAD CTR Mar 31 Apr 19 Mar 7 Nov 8 224
LA VERKIN Apr 1 Apr 24 Mar 5 Nov 5 217
ARCHES NP HQS Apr 2 Apr 23 Mar 10 Oct 30 207
GARFIELD Apr 3 Apr 19 Mar 11 Nov 4 213
BIG WATER Apr 8 Apr 28 Mar 19 Nov 1 204
SALT LAKE CITY INTL AP Apr 8 Apr 30 Mar 17 Oct 31 204
VEYO POWERHOUSE Apr 9 Apr 28 Mar 18 Nov 5 207
MEXICAN HAT Apr 11 Apr 26 Mar 27 Oct 30 201
MOAB Apr 11 Apr 28 Mar 25 Oct 23 192
ZION NP Apr 13 May 2 Mar 22 Nov 2 202
CASTLE VALLEY Apr 17 May 3 Apr 1 Oct 23 185
PLEASANT GROVE Apr 17 May 7 Mar 30 Oct 25 188
CAPITOL REEF NP Apr 18 May 3 Mar 29 Oct 28 192
DRAPER-POINT OF MTN Apr 18 May 6 Mar 31 Oct 22 185
GRANITE PEAK DUGWAY PG Apr 18 May 5 Apr 2 Oct 16 179
PROVO BYU Apr 18 May 5 Mar 31 Oct 21 185
WENDOVER AP AWOS Apr 18 May 5 Mar 31 Oct 23 188
CASTLE VALLEY 1SE Apr 19 May 3 Apr 4 Oct 21 184
FARMINGTON 3 NW Apr 19 May 7 Apr 1 Oct 19 181
OGDEN NE BENCH Apr 19 May 4 Apr 2 Oct 22 186
OREM TRTMT PLT Apr 19 May 9 Apr 2 Oct 19 182
PARIA RS Apr 19 May 9 Apr 1 Oct 23 186
OGDEN PIONEER PH Apr 21 May 6 Apr 2 Oct 23 184
MOAB CANYONLAND AP Apr 22 May 8 Apr 7 Oct 20 179
OGDEN HINKLEY AP Apr 22 May 10 Apr 4 Oct 22 180
OGDEN SUGAR FACTORY Apr 22 May 9 Apr 5 Oct 18 177
TORREY 7 E Apr 22 May 9 Apr 4 Oct 23 183
BLUFF Apr 24 May 9 Apr 8 Oct 13 172
BOUNTIFUL-VAL VERDA Apr 24 May 14 Apr 5 Oct 19 178
TREMONTON Apr 24 May 9 Apr 8 Oct 17 175
BOUNTIFUL BENCH Apr 25 May 14 Apr 5 Oct 24 181
CANYONLANDS-THE NECK Apr 25 May 13 Apr 6 Oct 23 180
SALT LAKE CITY E BENCH Apr 25 May 10 Apr 7 Oct 18 175
SPANISH FK PWR HOUSE Apr 25 May 13 Apr 10 Oct 18 174
FISH SPRINGS NWR Apr 26 May 17 Apr 9 Oct 14 169
GOBLIN VALLEY SP Apr 26 May 10 Apr 10 Oct 18 173
SUNNYSIDE CITY Apr 26 May 18 Apr 8 Oct 25 181
DEWEY Apr 27 May 9 Apr 13 Oct 9 165
BLANDING Apr 28 May 16 Apr 13 Oct 21 174
COTTONWOOD WEIR Apr 29 May 30 Apr 10 Oct 22 174
KANAB Apr 29 May 18 Apr 12 Oct 22 175
WEBER BASIN PUMP PLT 3 Apr 29 May 25 Apr 6 Oct 20 172
CANYONLANDS-THE NEEDLES Apr 30 May 16 Apr 16 Oct 11 164
KANOSH Apr 30 May 21 Apr 13 Oct 19 172
LOGAN UTAH ST UNIV Apr 30 May 19 Apr 14 Oct 16 166
UTAH LAKE LEHI Apr 30 May 27 Apr 14 Oct 9 159
DINOSAUR NM-QUARRY AREA May 1 May 23 Apr 18 Oct 6 156
HANS FLAT RS May 1 May 24 Apr 18 Oct 16 163
GRANTSVILLE 2W May 2 May 19 Apr 17 Oct 14 164
HOVENWEEP NM May 2 May 21 Apr 19 Oct 10 159
OAK CITY May 2 May 21 Apr 18 Oct 13 162
OURAY 4NE May 2 May 16 Apr 19 Oct 3 152
TIMPANOGOS CAVE May 2 May 26 Apr 17 Oct 16 161
TOOELE May 2 May 28 Apr 16 Oct 16 165
ALPINE May 3 May 26 Apr 18 Oct 12 159
CUTLER DAM May 3 May 24 Apr 17 Oct 12 160
PRICE CARBON CO AP May 3 May 21 Apr 20 Oct 12 160
BOULDER May 4 May 25 Apr 20 Oct 14 160
CEDAR CITY May 4 May 28 Apr 19 Oct 13 159
FILLMORE May 4 May 26 Apr 18 Oct 14 160
SANTAQUIN CHLORINATOR May 4 May 28 Apr 18 Oct 11 157
BRIGHAM CITY WASTE PLT May 5 May 29 Apr 20 Oct 5 150
HANKSVILLE May 5 May 23 Apr 22 Oct 3 149
NATURAL BRIDGES NM May 5 May 27 Apr 22 Oct 13 157
SUNNYSIDE CITY CTR May 5 May 26 Apr 21 Oct 15 159
DUCHESNE May 6 May 26 Apr 22 Oct 5 150
FERRON May 6 May 27 Apr 22 Oct 10 156
NEPHI May 6 May 24 Apr 21 Oct 10 156
VERNAL MUNICIPAL AP May 6 May 25 Apr 21 Oct 7 153
MTN DELL DAM May 7 May 27 Apr 21 Oct 14 158
MYTON May 7 May 25 Apr 23 Oct 5 149
VERNAL May 7 May 28 Apr 24 Oct 6 150
ESCALANTE May 8 May 24 Apr 22 Oct 10 155
LOGAN CACHE AP May 8 May 29 Apr 24 Oct 2 144
LOGAN RADIO KVNU May 8 Jun 2 Apr 25 Oct 2 145
NEW HARMONY May 9 May 29 Apr 23 Oct 11 155
LEVAN May 10 May 31 Apr 26 Oct 7 148
MILFORD May 10 Jun 1 Apr 25 Oct 2 144
DUGWAY May 11 May 29 Apr 25 Oct 2 143
MANTI May 11 Jun 1 Apr 25 Oct 6 146
RICHMOND May 11 Jun 2 Apr 27 Oct 5 143
BRIGHAM CITY 28 WNW May 12 Jun 8 Apr 27 Oct 5 144
ESKDALE May 12 Jun 3 Apr 28 Oct 1 140
LOGAN 5 SW EXP FARM May 12 May 29 Apr 30 Sep 28 138
CITY CREEK WTP May 13 May 31 Apr 27 Oct 7 146
MILFORD MUNI AP May 13 Jun 2 Apr 27 Oct 4 143
PARTOUN May 13 Jun 5 Apr 28 Sep 29 137
CALLAO May 14 Jun 4 Apr 29 Sep 28 135
DESERET May 14 May 31 Apr 29 Sep 30 137
BEAR LAKE SP May 15 Jun 5 Apr 30 Oct 4 140
JOHNSON PASS May 15 Jun 4 Apr 27 Oct 5 142
LITTLE SAHARA REC AREA May 15 Jun 5 Apr 30 Oct 1 137
MAESER 9NW May 15 Jun 7 Apr 29 Oct 5 143
ORDERVILLE May 15 Jun 4 Apr 30 Oct 8 144
UTAH TEST RANGE May 15 Jun 4 Apr 29 Oct 2 139
CEDAR PT May 16 Jun 2 Apr 30 Oct 11 145
DELTA May 16 Jun 5 Apr 29 Sep 29 137
LA SAL 1SW May 17 Jun 5 Apr 30 Oct 6 141
MONTICELLO #2 May 17 Jun 4 May 2 Oct 7 141
SUNDANCE May 17 Jun 8 May 1 Oct 5 138
THIOKOL PROPULSION F S May 17 Jun 8 May 5 Sep 24 128
TRENTON May 17 Jun 6 May 3 Sep 18 121
CASTLE DALE May 18 Jun 8 May 4 Sep 27 128
FT DUCHESNE May 19 Jun 15 May 1 Oct 2 135
JARVIE RCH May 19 Jun 4 May 2 Sep 28 132
MONTICELLO 2E May 19 Jun 6 May 3 Oct 2 133
NEOLA May 19 Jun 7 May 4 Sep 29 130
WAH WAH RCH May 19 Jun 11 Apr 30 Sep 29 131
JENSEN May 20 Jun 5 May 5 Sep 25 126
MODENA May 20 Jun 6 May 2 Oct 3 136
CEDAR CITY MUNI AP May 21 Jun 8 May 4 Sep 29 130
ENTERPRISE May 21 Jun 7 May 4 Oct 2 132
RICHFIELD RADIO KSVC May 21 Jun 7 May 4 Sep 24 125
ROSETTE May 21 Jun 11 May 2 Oct 2 132
MANILA May 22 Jun 11 May 4 Sep 29 128
PINEVIEW DAM May 22 Jun 8 May 7 Sep 26 125
SCIPIO May 22 Jun 10 May 5 Sep 25 122
BLACK ROCK May 23 Jun 11 May 5 Sep 27 124
BRYCE CANYON NP HQRS May 23 Jun 9 May 8 Sep 27 125
CEDAR CITY 5E May 23 Jun 8 May 5 Oct 4 130
CIRCLEVILLE May 23 Jun 13 May 4 Sep 27 125
ROOSEVELT RADIO May 23 Jun 9 May 9 Sep 22 121
MARYSVALE May 24 Jun 10 May 6 Sep 25 123
EDEN-LIBERTY May 25 Jun 16 May 4 Sep 26 123
MORGAN May 25 Jun 13 May 7 Sep 24 119
FLAMING GORGE May 26 Jun 10 May 9 Sep 23 120
MORONI May 26 Jun 13 May 10 Sep 25 119
WELLINGTON 3 E May 27 Jun 11 May 11 Sep 26 122
DEER CREEK DAM May 28 Jun 15 May 11 Sep 23 119
EPHRAIM May 28 Jun 15 May 12 Sep 20 113
LAKETOWN May 28 Jun 17 May 10 Sep 24 119
PARK CITY May 29 Jun 14 May 12 Sep 25 117
SALINA 24 E May 29 Jun 15 May 12 Sep 26 118
ECHO DAM May 30 Jun 16 May 11 Sep 18 112
ALTAMONT May 31 Jun 16 May 16 Sep 23 112
ENTERPRISE BERYL JCT May 31 Jun 20 May 16 Sep 20 110
KODACHROME BASIN PARK May 31 Jun 18 May 13 Sep 28 116
LOA May 31 Jun 14 May 15 Sep 21 112
MANTI RADIO KMTI May 31 Jun 16 May 12 Sep 21 114
SNAKE CREEK POWERHOUSE May 31 Jun 23 May 13 Sep 11 101
ALTON Jun 1 Jun 15 May 16 Sep 30 120
BEAVER CANYON PWR HOUSE Jun 1 Jun 15 May 15 Sep 28 120
VERNON Jun 1 Jun 19 May 18 Sep 20 110
FAIRFIELD Jun 2 Jun 24 May 18 Sep 16 103
FREMONT INDIAN SP Jun 4 Jun 21 May 19 Sep 21 106
GROUSE CREEK Jun 4 Jun 22 May 17 Sep 17 104
HEBER Jun 4 Jun 21 May 18 Sep 20 106
HUNTSVILLE MONASTERY Jun 4 Jun 22 May 15 Sep 16 102
KAMAS Jun 5 Jun 23 May 20 Sep 17 100
KOOSHAREM Jun 6 Jun 26 May 24 Sep 21 104
BLOWHARD MTN RADAR Jun 7 Jun 22 May 25 Sep 29 110
COALVILLE Jun 7 Jun 25 May 21 Sep 12 95
ALTA Jun 11 Jun 27 May 26 Sep 18 98
CEDAR BREAKS NM Jun 11 Jun 27 May 15 Oct 3 113
MOON LAKE Jun 11 Jun 24 May 29 Sep 18 97
WANSHIP DAM Jun 11 Jun 30 May 21 Sep 12 92
PANGUITCH Jun 12 Jun 27 May 31 Sep 12 90
SCOFIELD-SKYLINE MINE Jun 13 Jun 30 May 29 Sep 17 94
IBAPAH Jun 14 Jul 1 May 23 Sep 8 86
RANDOLPH Jun 14 Jun 30 May 31 Sep 1 76
SCOFIELD DAM Jun 15 Jul 1 Jun 2 Sep 12 87
ANGLE Jun 17 Jul 3 May 31 Sep 12 85
HATCH Jun 19 Jul 2 Jun 5 Sep 13 83
BRIAN HEAD Jun 21 Jul 6 Jun 6 Sep 12 82

How to read the three dates

Average is the date by which, in half of the years between 1991 and 2020, the last 32 °F night had already happened. Safe is later: only one year in ten saw a frost after it, which is the date to set out frost-tender plants such as dahlia tubers and zinnia seedlings. Early is the risky end, with a frost after it in nine years out of ten.

Every figure is for the weather station, not for your garden. A valley bottom, a north slope or a spot near a lake can run a week or two either way. Cities are warmer than the countryside around them.

Where the numbers come from

The dates are NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals for 1991 to 2020, computed by the National Centers for Environmental Information for every station with thirty years of daily minimum temperatures. ZIP codes are matched to the nearest such station within 150 km using U.S. Census Bureau ZIP Code Tabulation Area centroids. Stations that never see a frost, such as much of south Florida, report no date and are left out.

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