El Cajon, CA 91935 Frost Dates
Frost dates for El Cajon, CA, ZIP 91935
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/06, roughly 131 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/21, about 350 frost-free days later.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for El Cajon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around El Cajon 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.
Why 01/06 isn't a guarantee
01/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How El Cajon compares
At roughly 350 frost-free days, El Cajon places 2,316 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,022 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and El Cajon's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around El Cajon's dates instead of trusting one.