Sanger, CA 93649 Frost Dates
Sanger, CA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/23, roughly 179 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/12, roughly 294 days after the last spring frost.
Sanger 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 15 weeks until Sanger's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sanger against the rest of the dataset
Sanger's growing season runs about 294 days, ranking 4,259 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,648 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 93649's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Sanger's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Sanger can differ from the 93649 normal.