Temecula, CA 92590 Frost Dates
Temecula, CA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/02, about 158 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/30, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 10b (35 to 40°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Temecula, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 22 weeks until Temecula's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/02 isn't a guarantee
02/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Temecula against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Temecula's last and first frost, putting it 460 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 185 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 92590's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Temecula's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Temecula can differ from the 92590 normal.