Santa Monica, CA 90402 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Santa Monica, CA?
The NOAA station nearest to 90402 does not report a usable frost-date normal for either event, so no last-frost or first-frost figure is shown here. The USDA hardiness zone below is still real: Zone 11a (40 to 45°F average annual minimum).
How Santa Monica compares
About 365 days separate Santa Monica's last and first frost, putting it 585 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 262 of 2,555.
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zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 11a and Santa Monica's frost date answer different questions. local microclimates covers what one yard in Santa Monica can differ from the 90402 normal.