Coachella, CA 92522 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Coachella, CA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 12/31, about 125 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/27, about 365 frost-free days later.
Coachella sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 17 weeks of growing season left in Coachella before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Coachella's last frost
12/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Coachella compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Coachella places 939 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 391 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 10a and Coachella's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Coachella's dates instead of trusting one.