Clovis, CA 93611 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Clovis, CA?
Around 01/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 139 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/14, about 337 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clovis in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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
About 15 weeks of growing season left in Clovis before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Clovis'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 Clovis compares
About 337 days separate Clovis's last and first frost, putting it 2,652 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,175 of 2,555.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Clovis can differ from the 93611 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Clovis's frost date answer different questions.