Laguna Woods, CA 92654 Frost Dates
Laguna Woods, 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 Laguna Woods 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 Laguna Woods's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Laguna Woods's last frost
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.
Laguna Woods against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Laguna Woods's last and first frost, putting it 1,511 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 780 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 92654's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Laguna Woods's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Laguna Woods can differ from the 92654 normal.