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When to plant in Fort Mohave, AZ

USDA Zone 9b

Fort Mohave, Arizona frost dates, USDA zone, and a full-year planting calendar, drawn from the nearest NOAA station and tuned to the local season.

Fort Mohave enjoys a long ~353-day frost-free season — you can succession-sow, fit in a second crop, and grow long-season heat-lovers with room to spare. Heads up: the nearest complete-normals station is about 16 km from Fort Mohave, so your yard's frost dates can differ — a low spot or a paved city center can shift them by a week. In zone 9b, frost is a minor factor for Fort Mohave — most perennials thrive, and annual vegetables can go out early and stay late.

Station · BULLHEAD CITY · 15.7 km
Last spring frost
January 4
50% chance · 32°F
First fall frost
December 23
50% chance · 32°F
Growing season
353 days
frost-free
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Frost calendar for Fort MohaveA year-band showing 32°F frost risk from January to December for Fort Mohave: last spring frost around January 4, first fall frost around December 23, about 353 frost-free days between.
Shaded months carry frost risk; the clear span is the average frost-free season.

The average last spring frost in Fort Mohave is now 6 days earlier than in the 1981–2010 normals. See how frost dates are shifting nationwide →

Frost probability

BULLHEAD CITY · 1991–2020

The date the last spring and first fall frost occur, by threshold and probability. A 90% date is later in spring — and earlier in fall — than a 10% date; the 50% · 32°F row is what most gardeners plan around. These are Fort Mohave’s own odds, recorded at BULLHEAD CITY.

Frost-probability curves for Fort MohaveProbability of the last spring frost and first fall frost by date at 32°F. The last spring frost is most likely around January 4 and the first fall frost around December 23, giving about 353 frost-free days.
Last spring frostFirst fall frostbold = 32°F · thin = 28°F / 36°F · dot = 50% date · band = 10–90% window
ThresholdSPRING 10%SPRING 50%SPRING 90%FALL 10%FALL 50%FALL 90%
36°FFeb 28Feb 1Dec 31Nov 24Dec 11Jan 2
32°FFeb 5Jan 4Dec 12Dec 1Dec 23Jan 23
28°FJan 10Dec 26Dec 7Dec 7Dec 25Jan 8

Download this table as CSV ↓ — every threshold and probability, plus this city’s planting-window dates.

What to plant now

TODAY · JULY 19

Nothing new to sow or transplant outdoors in the next few weeks — a seasonal lull. Check the full-year calendar below for the next window.

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Full-year planting calendar

Start indoorsTransplantDirect sowFall sow

Each bar is the exact window to take a planting action in Fort Mohave, drawn to the day from the local frost dates. The dashed line is today.

Nearby weather stations

3 within 26 km · complete 32°F normals

When stations disagree by more than a few days, that spread is real microclimate variation — elevation, water, urban heat. Judge which station best matches your own yard.

BULLHEAD CITY
Primary
16 km · 162 m elevation
SPRING
Jan 4
FALL
Dec 23
LAUGHLIN
19 km · 184 m elevation
SPRING
Jan 5
FALL
Dec 24
NEEDLES AP
26 km · 271 m elevation
SPRING
Jan 6
FALL
Jan 2

Fort Mohave planting FAQ

When is the last spring frost in Fort Mohave, AZ?

Plan for the last spring frost in Fort Mohave around January 4 (the date it has a 50% chance of a 32°F freeze). Anything frost-sensitive should go out after it.

When is the first fall frost in Fort Mohave, AZ?

In Fort Mohave, the first 32°F freeze of fall lands around December 23 on average. Time your last harvests and any season-extension cover before it.

What hardiness zone is Fort Mohave in?

Fort Mohave is in USDA hardiness zone 9b. In zone 9b, winters are mild — many tender perennials overwinter here.

How long is the growing season in Fort Mohave?

Fort Mohave has about 353 frost-free days — a long growing season — between the average last spring frost (January 4) and first fall frost (December 23).

When should I plant tomatoes in Fort Mohave?

For Fort Mohave, sow tomatoes indoors about November 9–November 23 and move the seedlings out around January 11, after the last spring frost.

Planting reminders

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Nearby cities

8 within reach

Frost dates recorded at BULLHEAD CITY, 16 km from the city center · 1991–2020 NOAA climate normals · zone from the USDA/PRISM 2023 map. How we compute this.

Cite this page
BlissGarden. "When to Plant in Fort Mohave, AZ — Frost Dates & Zone 9b." Frost normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, station USC00021050. Retrieved from https://blissgarden.com/arizona/fort-mohave.
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