Tulare, CA 93274 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tulare, CA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/23, about 148 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/13, about 328 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 Tulare, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 15 weeks of growing season left in Tulare before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tulare compares
At roughly 328 frost-free days, Tulare places 3,177 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,361 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Tulare's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Tulare can differ from the 93274 normal.