Lemoore, CA 93266 Frost Dates
Lemoore, CA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/24, about 180 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/22, roughly 265 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Lemoore, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Lemoore's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lemoore against the rest of the dataset
Lemoore's growing season runs about 265 days, ranking 5,974 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,998 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 93266's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lemoore's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lemoore can differ from the 93266 normal.