Madera, CA 93639 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Madera, CA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/12, roughly 168 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/30, about 293 frost-free days later.
Madera 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 13 weeks of growing season left in Madera before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 02/12 isn't a guarantee
02/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Madera compares
About 293 days separate Madera's last and first frost, putting it 4,267 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,652 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Madera's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Madera can differ from the 93639 normal.