Goleta, CA 93118 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Goleta, CA, ZIP 93118
The last spring frost here typically falls around 12/31, about 125 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/20, about 365 frost-free days later.
Goleta sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Goleta has about 16 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
12/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Goleta compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Goleta places 1,037 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 450 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Goleta's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Goleta's dates instead of trusting one.