Solvang, CA 93441 Frost Dates
Solvang, CA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
Solvang sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Solvang'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
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Solvang against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 209 frost-free days, Solvang places 15,200 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,223 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 93441's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Solvang's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Solvang's dates instead of trusting one.