Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Frost Dates
Santa Barbara, CA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/11, about 136 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/16, roughly 342 days after the last spring frost.
Santa Barbara 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 16 weeks until Santa Barbara's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/11 isn't a guarantee
01/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Santa Barbara against the rest of the dataset
Santa Barbara's growing season runs about 342 days, ranking 2,543 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,120 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 93110's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Santa Barbara's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Santa Barbara can differ from the 93110 normal.