Guadalupe, CA 93444 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Guadalupe, CA, ZIP 93444
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/04, about 160 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/13, about 315 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 Guadalupe, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Guadalupe has about 15 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 Guadalupe's last frost
02/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 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 Guadalupe compares
Guadalupe's growing season runs about 315 days, ranking 3,420 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,429 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Guadalupe can differ from the 93444 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Guadalupe's frost date answer different questions.