Orange Cove, CA 93675 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Orange Cove, CA, ZIP 93675
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.
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 Orange Cove, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Orange Cove has about 6 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.
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
About 132 days separate Orange Cove's last and first frost, putting it 38,181 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 2,455 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Orange Cove can differ from the 93675 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Orange Cove's frost date answer different questions.