San Clemente, CA 92672 Frost Dates
When can you plant in San Clemente, CA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/06, about 131 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/02, about 365 frost-free days later.
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 San Clemente, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 18 weeks of growing season left in San Clemente before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around San Clemente's last frost
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 San Clemente compares
About 365 days separate San Clemente's last and first frost, putting it 759 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 319 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around San Clemente's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in San Clemente can differ from the 92672 normal.