La Quinta, CA 92004 Frost Dates
92004, near La Quinta, CA: the frost window
Around 01/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 132 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/04, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts La Quinta in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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
La Quinta's growing season runs out in roughly 18 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
La Quinta against the rest of the dataset
La Quinta's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 974 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 409 of 2,555.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 92004: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 10a and La Quinta's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around La Quinta's dates instead of trusting one.