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USDA Hardiness Zone 5b

Frost Dates for 84629 — Fairview, Utah

Averages from Scofield-Skyline Mine, Ut US, the nearest reporting station, 11.9 miles away.

Plant tender crops after June 13, and expect the first autumn freeze around September 17. That leaves about 94 frost-free days.

Last spring frost
June 13

50% probability

First fall frost
September 17

50% probability

Growing season
94 days

frost-free

Hardiness zone
5b

-15 to -10°F annual low

Planting calendar for 84629

What to do and when, based on the frost normals for Fairview, Utah
WhenWhat to do
April 4 – April 18

Start peppers and aubergines indoors

They need eight to ten weeks under lights before they can go out.

April 18 – May 2

Start tomatoes indoors

Six to eight weeks gives a transplant big enough to set fruit early.

May 16 – May 30

Sow peas, spinach, lettuce, radish outdoors

These tolerate light frost and prefer to germinate in cool soil.

June 13 onward

Transplant tomatoes, peppers, basil, squash, cucumbers

The average last freeze has passed — still watch the actual forecast.

by June 25

Sow the autumn crop of carrots, beets and brassicas

They need about twelve weeks to size up before growth stops.

by September 3

Harvest tender crops, or be ready to cover them

A first freeze two weeks early is well within normal variation.

September 17 onward

Plant garlic, mulch beds, lift tender bulbs

Garlic wants a cold spell; bare soil loses structure over winter.

What these dates mean

Wait until after June 13 to put tender plants — tomatoes, peppers, basil, squash — in the ground. That is the date by which half of years in Fairview, Utah are past their last freeze. Harvest before September 17, which leaves roughly 94 frost-free days.

ZIP 84629 sits in USDA hardiness zone 5b, meaning the average coldest night of the year falls between -15 to -10°F. Zone decides what survives the winter; frost dates decide when to plant each spring. They are different questions, and a plant can pass one and fail the other.

These are thirty-year NOAA averages for 1991–2020, not a forecast. Any individual year can frost two to three weeks either side of these dates, so check the actual forecast before planting out.

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