Lomita, CA 90406 Frost Dates
Lomita, CA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/09, about 134 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/05, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
Lomita sits in USDA Zone 11a (40 to 45°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Lomita'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.
Lomita against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Lomita's last and first frost, putting it 1,314 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 599 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 90406's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 11a and Lomita's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Lomita's dates instead of trusting one.