Arvin, CA 93385 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Arvin, CA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/17, roughly 142 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/15, about 334 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 Arvin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 16 weeks of growing season left in Arvin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Arvin's last frost
01/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Arvin compares
About 334 days separate Arvin's last and first frost, putting it 2,773 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,263 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Arvin can differ from the 93385 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Arvin's frost date answer different questions.