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Lomita, CA 90711 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Lomita, CA, ZIP 90711

Zone 10b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/09, roughly 134 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/05, about 365 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lomita in Zone 10b (35 to 40°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 10b around Lomita has about 19 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 Lomita's last frost

01/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Lomita compares

Lomita's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 1,338 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 623 of 2,555.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10b and Lomita's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lomita's dates instead of trusting one.