Sanger, CA 93774 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sanger, CA?
Around 01/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 139 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/14, about 337 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sanger 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 Sanger before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sanger'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 Sanger compares
At roughly 337 frost-free days, Sanger places 2,684 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,207 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Sanger's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Sanger can differ from the 93774 normal.