Dana Point, CA 92629 Frost Dates
Dana Point, CA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/06, roughly 131 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/02, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dana Point in Zone 10b (35 to 40°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 18 weeks until Dana Point's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/06 isn't a guarantee
01/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dana Point against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Dana Point places 1,048 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 461 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 92629's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Dana Point can differ from the 92629 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10b and Dana Point's frost date answer different questions.