Lake Elsinore, CA 92532 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Elsinore, CA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/28, about 153 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/18, about 329 frost-free days later.
Lake Elsinore sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 16 weeks of growing season left in Lake Elsinore before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lake Elsinore's last frost
01/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lake Elsinore compares
Lake Elsinore's growing season runs about 329 days, ranking 3,083 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,336 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Lake Elsinore's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lake Elsinore's dates instead of trusting one.