Malibu, CA 90265 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Malibu, CA, ZIP 90265
Around 01/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 149 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/15, about 329 frost-free days later.
Malibu sits in USDA Zone 10b (35 to 40°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10b around Malibu has about 16 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Malibu's last frost
01/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Malibu compares
Malibu's growing season runs about 329 days, ranking 3,097 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,349 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10b and Malibu's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Malibu's dates instead of trusting one.