Orange Cove, CA 93633 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Orange Cove, CA?
Around 06/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 277 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 132 frost-free days later.
Orange Cove sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 6 weeks of growing season left in Orange Cove before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
06/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Orange Cove compares
Orange Cove's growing season runs about 132 days, ranking 38,179 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 2,453 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Orange Cove's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Orange Cove's dates instead of trusting one.