Solvang, CA 93463 Frost Dates
Solvang, CA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Solvang in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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 15,202 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,225 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 93463's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Solvang can differ from the 93463 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Solvang's frost date answer different questions.