Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Frost dates for Skardu

The full distribution rather than a single date. Every figure below is a percentile of 30 years of daily minimum temperatures at this location, expressed as the date it fell on.

Median last spring frost

14 June

Half of years are later than this. Not a planting date.

Median first autumn frost

16 September

The far end of the outdoor season.

Frost-free season

95 days

Between those two dates in a median year.

Last and first frost by severity

Read a row as: in this fraction of years, the last frost of spring had already happened by this date. The 90% column is the cautious planting date; the 10% column is the gamble.

Light frost — nights at or below 0°C (32°F). Air temperature reaches freezing. Kills basil, beans and unhardened tomatoes; hardy crops shrug it off.
Frost	1 year in 10	Median	9 years in 10	Earliest	Latest
Last of spring	1 Jun	14 Jun	26 Jun	30 May	5 Jul
First of autumn	4 Sep	16 Sep	25 Sep	28 Aug	4 Oct
Frost-free days	116	95	70	every year on record saw this

Moderate frost — nights at or below -2.2°C (28°F). Damages half-hardy plants and most blossom. This is the threshold that decides a fruit crop.
Frost	1 year in 10	Median	9 years in 10	Earliest	Latest
Last of spring	7 May	26 May	7 Jun	26 Apr	18 Jun
First of autumn	19 Sep	2 Oct	10 Oct	13 Sep	14 Oct
Frost-free days	156	129	104	every year on record saw this

Hard frost — nights at or below -4.4°C (24.1°F). Ground freezes and even hardy crops check their growth. Effectively the end of the outdoor year.
Frost	1 year in 10	Median	9 years in 10	Earliest	Latest
Last of spring	19 Apr	29 Apr	17 May	3 Apr	30 May
First of autumn	5 Oct	14 Oct	22 Oct	26 Sep	31 Oct
Frost-free days	186	168	141	every year on record saw this

Dates in the southern hemisphere are computed on a growing year that starts in July, which is why "last of spring" falls where it should rather than in the middle of the calendar.

Chance of frost, week by week

Chance of at least one air frost during each week of the year, measured across the full record. The flat stretch in the middle is your frost-free season.

Temperature through the year

Mean monthly temperature across the record. Months shown in blue average at least one air frost.

Monthly means and average number of frost nights.
Month	Mean low	Mean high	Frost nights
January	-18.1°C	-8.3°C	31
February	-16.5°C	-6.6°C	28.3
March	-11.2°C	-1.9°C	31
April	-4.7°C	4.2°C	29.8
May	-1°C	8.9°C	21.4
June	2.4°C	13.7°C	4.4
July	5.8°C	18.3°C	0.1
August	5.6°C	18.2°C	0.1
September	1.4°C	13.7°C	8.5
October	-3.5°C	6.2°C	29.3
November	-9.5°C	-0.5°C	30
December	-14.9°C	-5.4°C	31

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