Orange Cove, CA 93646 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Orange Cove, CA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/23, roughly 148 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/13, about 328 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Orange Cove in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 15 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.
Why 01/23 isn't a guarantee
01/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Orange Cove compares
About 328 days separate Orange Cove's last and first frost, putting it 3,195 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,371 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Orange Cove's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Orange Cove can differ from the 93646 normal.