Clovis, CA 93626 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clovis, CA, ZIP 93626
Around 03/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 193 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/01, about 262 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Clovis, not a forecast for this year.
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.
The actual range around Clovis's last frost
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clovis compares
Clovis's growing season runs about 262 days, ranking 6,177 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 2,023 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Clovis's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Clovis can differ from the 93626 normal.