Woodlake, CA 93244 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Woodlake, CA, ZIP 93244
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/05, about 161 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/08, about 307 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Woodlake, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Woodlake has about 15 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.
The actual range around Woodlake's last frost
02/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodlake compares
At roughly 307 frost-free days, Woodlake places 3,674 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,494 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodlake can differ from the 93244 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Woodlake's frost date answer different questions.