Tulare, CA 93272 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tulare, CA, ZIP 93272
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/15, roughly 171 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 285 frost-free days later.
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 Tulare, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Tulare has about 13 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 Tulare's last frost
02/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tulare compares
About 285 days separate Tulare's last and first frost, putting it 4,623 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,722 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Tulare can differ from the 93272 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Tulare's frost date answer different questions.