Coachella, CA 92239 Frost Dates
Coachella, CA: when does the frost end?
Around 01/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 135 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/08, 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 19 weeks until Coachella's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Coachella's last frost
01/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/30 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 930 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 382 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 92239's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Coachella can differ from the 92239 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Coachella's frost date answer different questions.