Coachella, CA 92235 Frost Dates
Coachella, CA: when does the frost end?
Around 12/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 125 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/27, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Coachella 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
With roughly 17 weeks until Coachella's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
12/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Coachella against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Coachella places 928 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 380 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 92235's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Coachella's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Coachella can differ from the 92235 normal.