Coachella, CA 92564 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Coachella, CA, ZIP 92564
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 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
Zone 9b around Coachella has about 17 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.
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 944 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 396 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Coachella's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Coachella can differ from the 92564 normal.