Lemoore, CA 93656 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lemoore, CA, ZIP 93656
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/24, roughly 180 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/22, about 265 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Lemoore, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Lemoore has about 12 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.
Why 02/24 isn't a guarantee
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lemoore compares
At roughly 265 frost-free days, Lemoore places 5,975 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,999 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Lemoore's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lemoore's dates instead of trusting one.