Frost dates / Arizona / Buckeye

Frost dates in Buckeye, AZ

The station on this page is LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ US (USC00024977), 16.7 miles from the city point. Population in the Census 2024 estimate is 114,334.

Zone 9bUSDA average annual extreme minimum 25°F to 30°F, from ZIP 85343 (7.1 miles from the city point used on this page).

Median last 32°F is January 7. Median first 32°F is December 24. The 50% growing-season length is 351 days. The green band runs from the median last frost to the median first frost. Thin ticks mark the 10%, 50%, and 90% dates.

Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%

Last 32°F in spring

NCEI’s probability is the chance the last spring minimum of 32°F or lower occurs on or after the date.

Probability	Date	How to read it
90%	December 17	Earlier date. A last 32°F on or after this day is common.
50%	January 7	Median.
10%	February 5	Later date. A last 32°F on or after this day is uncommon.

First 32°F in fall

NCEI’s probability is the chance the first autumn minimum of 32°F or lower occurs on or before the date.

Probability	Date	How to read it
10%	December 6	Earlier date. A first 32°F on or before this day is uncommon.
50%	December 24	Median.
90%	January 16	Later date. A first 32°F on or before this day is common.

32°F growing-season length

Days between the last spring 32°F and the first autumn 32°F. The figure is a length the season meets or exceeds at that probability, from NCEI, not a subtraction done on this site.

Probability the season is at least this long	Days
10%	365
50%	351
90%	320

28°F threshold

	10%	50%	90%
Last, on or after	January 22	January 5	December 21
First, on or before	December 18	January 4	January 21
Season at least	365 days	365 days	356 days

36°F threshold

	10%	50%	90%
Last, on or after	February 24	January 31	January 4
First, on or before	November 24	December 9	December 28
Season at least	343 days	313 days	285 days

Station LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ US (USC00024977). Completeness flag R, 22 years used for the 32°F dates. NCEI’s annual probability of at least one day at or below 32°F is 76.8%. Freeze dates are conditional on that threshold occurring. Elevation 317 m. The same probability language applies to the 28°F and 36°F rows when those dates passed the same quality checks.

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Buckeye, AZ

Zone 9bAverage annual extreme minimum 25°F to 30°F

Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%

Arizona. Nearest qualified station: LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ US (USC00024977), 16.7 miles. Median last 32°F January 7. Median first 32°F December 24. The 50% growing-season length is 351 days.

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32°F probabilities at this station

	10%	50%	90%
Last 32°F on or after	February 5	January 7	December 17
First 32°F on or before	December 6	December 24	January 16

Column order matches the NCEI file: for the last freeze, 10% is the later date and 90% is the earlier date. How to read the probabilities.

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