Burlingame, CA 94010 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Burlingame, CA, ZIP 94010
The last spring frost here typically falls around 12/29, about 123 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/26, about 365 frost-free days later.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 Burlingame, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Burlingame has about 17 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
12/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Burlingame compares
About 365 days separate Burlingame's last and first frost, putting it 1,083 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 477 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Burlingame's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Burlingame's dates instead of trusting one.