Coachella, CA 92877 Frost Dates
Coachella, CA: when does the frost end?
Around 12/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 125 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/27, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Coachella in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 17 weeks until Coachella's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
12/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Coachella against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Coachella's last and first frost, putting it 950 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 402 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 92877's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Coachella can differ from the 92877 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Coachella's frost date answer different questions.