Fowler, CA 93607 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fowler, CA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/14, roughly 139 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/14, about 337 frost-free days later.
Fowler sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
What to do before the first frost
About 15 weeks of growing season left in Fowler before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fowler's last frost
01/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fowler compares
At roughly 337 frost-free days, Fowler places 2,703 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,226 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Fowler's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Fowler can differ from the 93607 normal.