Laguna Woods, CA 92653 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Laguna Woods, CA, ZIP 92653
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/06, roughly 131 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/02, about 365 frost-free days later.
Laguna Woods sits in USDA Zone 10b (35 to 40°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 10b around Laguna Woods has about 18 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Laguna Woods compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Laguna Woods places 1,510 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 779 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Laguna Woods's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Laguna Woods can differ from the 92653 normal.