Clovis, CA 93613 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clovis, CA, ZIP 93613
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 253 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
Zone 9b around Clovis has about 14 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clovis compares
At roughly 253 frost-free days, Clovis places 7,072 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,072 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Clovis can differ from the 93613 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Clovis's frost date answer different questions.