Sanger, CA 93779 Frost Dates
Sanger, CA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/14, about 139 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/14, roughly 337 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Sanger, not a forecast for this year.
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
01/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sanger against the rest of the dataset
Sanger's growing season runs about 337 days, ranking 2,689 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,212 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 93779's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Sanger can differ from the 93779 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Sanger's frost date answer different questions.