Solvang, CA 93464 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Solvang, CA?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 209 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Solvang, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Solvang before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Solvang's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Solvang compares
At roughly 209 frost-free days, Solvang places 15,203 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,226 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Solvang's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Solvang can differ from the 93464 normal.