Frost dates and yard timing for your ZIP code
Your average last spring and first fall frost with 10%, 50% and 90% odds, hardiness zone, soil temperature and the 7-day freeze forecast.
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Free. One weekly email plus alerts when your ZIP has a frost or a soil-temperature change worth acting on. After you submit, Kit (our email provider) sends a confirmation email: check your email and click the link to confirm. You aren't subscribed until you do. We collect only your email address and ZIP, sent to Kit to deliver The Dial. Unsubscribe anytime.
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Plant guidesZones, sun, water and planting time
What's on each ZIP page
- Frost dates with odds: an early (90%), average (50%) and cautious (10%) date for spring and fall, at 36°F, 32°F and 28°F.
- Soil temperature this week at 2 and 4 inches against the 50–55°F spring pre-emergent band, from the nearest public soil station or a labeled estimate.
- 7-day NWS forecast with a frost and freeze flag and any active Frost Advisory or Freeze Warning.
- USDA hardiness zone from the 2023 USDA map ZIP listing.
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Never miss a frost: get The Dial
Weekly yard timing, plus frost and soil-temperature alerts for your ZIP code.
- Freeze alerts
- Soil-temp heads-up
- Weekly yard to-dos
Free. One weekly email plus alerts when your ZIP has a frost or a soil-temperature change worth acting on. After you submit, Kit (our email provider) sends a confirmation email: check your email and click the link to confirm. You aren't subscribed until you do. We collect only your email address and ZIP, sent to Kit to deliver The Dial. Unsubscribe anytime.