Palm Springs, CA 92264 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Palm Springs, CA, ZIP 92264
Around 01/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 126 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/31, about 365 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Palm Springs in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 10a around Palm Springs has about 18 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 01/01 isn't a guarantee
01/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Palm Springs compares
About 365 days separate Palm Springs's last and first frost, putting it 923 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 378 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Palm Springs's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Palm Springs can differ from the 92264 normal.