Clovis, CA 93727 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clovis, CA, ZIP 93727
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/14, about 139 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/14, about 337 frost-free days later.
Clovis 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
Zone 9b around Clovis has about 15 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.
The actual range around Clovis's last frost
01/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clovis compares
About 337 days separate Clovis's last and first frost, putting it 2,655 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,178 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Clovis can differ from the 93727 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Clovis's frost date answer different questions.