Woodside, CA 94017 Frost Dates
Woodside, CA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/25, roughly 268 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 10b (35 to 40°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 Woodside, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Woodside'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
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Woodside against the rest of the dataset
Woodside's growing season runs about 268 days, ranking 5,757 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,982 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 94017's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodside can differ from the 94017 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10b and Woodside's frost date answer different questions.