Carpinteria, CA 93067 Frost Dates
93067, near Carpinteria, CA: the frost window
Around 01/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 138 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/06, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carpinteria 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
Carpinteria's growing season runs out in roughly 19 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 01/13 isn't a guarantee
01/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Carpinteria against the rest of the dataset
Carpinteria's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 1,688 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 822 of 2,555.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 93067: the frost range, on how to read the range around Carpinteria's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Carpinteria can differ from the 93067 normal.