Frost Dates for 83210 — Aberdeen, Idaho

Half of springs at Aberdeen Exp Stn, ID see their last 32°F night by May 21; only one in ten is past it by May 4, and one in ten still has one after June 13. Planting tender crops after May 31 leaves a 30% risk of a frost on them, after June 5 20%, and after June 13 10%. The 23 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is wider than at 87% of the 67 Idaho stations behind this site's ZIP pages, so a fixed calendar date is a gamble here.

In fall the first 32°F night comes by September 20 in half of years, as early as September 2 one year in ten, and holds off past October 4 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F follows 11 days later, around October 1; in spring the one-in-ten date for 28°F is May 17, 27 days before the 32°F one. The freeze-free season lasts 118 days in a typical year, shorter than at 82% of the 67 Idaho stations; it reaches 141 days one year in ten and falls short of 91 one year in ten. On average 196 nights a year drop to 32°F or below. Nights of 36°F, when frost can still settle on leaves in low, open spots, continue 22 days longer, to about June 12, and return around September 5. Severe cold of 16°F or below comes every winter, usually between November 6 and March 13.

July is the warmest month at Aberdeen Exp Stn, ID, averaging 87°F by day and 51°F at night; January is the coldest at 32°F and 14°F. A freezing night is all but certain in every month from October to May (a 90% chance or more). From July to August the chance of a 32°F night stays under 10% each month. In spring, June still brings one in 29% of years.

Warmth for growing adds up to 2,006 growing degree days a year (base 50°F), fewer than at 61% of the 67 Idaho stations. 27% of them (542) have built up by the end of June, and July adds the most, 592. Precipitation totals 9.7 inches a year, most in May (1.2") and least in July (0.4"); May to September bring 39% of it.

The nearest other station, American Falls, ID, 12 miles south of Aberdeen, has a last frost 17 days earlier (May 4), a first frost 18 days later (October 8), a season 37 days longer.

The first measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) in Aberdeen usually arrives around November 25, and the last of the season around March 18. Those are the middle dates across the winters of 1991–2020 at Aberdeen Exp Stn, ID, 1.3 miles away: half of years saw snow earlier, half later. Every one of those winters saw snow. The last 32°F night of spring typically comes 64 days after the last snow.

ZIP 83210 is 1 mile from Aberdeen Exp Stn, ID, which stands at 4,405 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 83210 in zone 5b, the band where the coldest night of the year averaged -15 to -10°F (-26.1 to -23.3°C) over 1991–2020; a zone describes winter lows, not frost dates.