FrostDateCheck

Victorville, CA 92392 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Victorville, CA?

Zone 8b

Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 233 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Victorville in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Victorville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Victorville's last frost

03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Victorville compares

At roughly 233 frost-free days, Victorville places 9,837 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,151 of 2,555.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Victorville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Victorville's dates instead of trusting one.