Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 Frost Dates
Palos Verdes Estates, CA: when does the frost end?
Around 01/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 134 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/05, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Palos Verdes Estates in Zone 10b (35 to 40°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Palos Verdes Estates's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/09 isn't a guarantee
01/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Palos Verdes Estates against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Palos Verdes Estates places 1,692 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 826 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 90274's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10b and Palos Verdes Estates's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Palos Verdes Estates's dates instead of trusting one.