Palmdale, CA 93552 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Palmdale, CA, ZIP 93552
Around 03/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 194 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 248 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Palmdale in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Palmdale has about 12 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 Palmdale's last frost
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Palmdale compares
About 248 days separate Palmdale's last and first frost, putting it 7,676 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 2,100 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Palmdale's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Palmdale can differ from the 93552 normal.