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Fowler, CA 93625 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Fowler, CA?

Zone 9b

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.

Fowler 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.

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

Fowler's growing season runs about 337 days, ranking 2,704 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,227 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 93625 normal.