Woodlake, CA 93237 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Woodlake, CA?
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/26, about 249 frost-free days later.
Woodlake sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Woodlake before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Woodlake's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodlake compares
About 249 days separate Woodlake's last and first frost, putting it 7,618 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 2,094 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Woodlake's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Woodlake's dates instead of trusting one.