Sanger, CA 93616 Frost Dates
Sanger, CA: when does the frost end?
Around 01/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 139 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/14, roughly 337 days after the last spring frost.
Sanger sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 15 weeks until Sanger's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/14 isn't a guarantee
01/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sanger against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 337 frost-free days, Sanger places 2,656 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,179 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 93616's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Sanger's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Sanger's dates instead of trusting one.