Woodside, CA 94016 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Woodside, CA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/02, roughly 186 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 268 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodside in Zone 10b (35 to 40°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 13 weeks of growing season left in Woodside before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodside compares
At roughly 268 frost-free days, Woodside places 5,756 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,981 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Woodside's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Woodside can differ from the 94016 normal.