Elk Grove, CA 94206 Frost Dates
Elk Grove, CA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/02, roughly 158 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/02, roughly 301 days after the last spring frost.
Elk Grove sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Elk Grove'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
02/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Elk Grove against the rest of the dataset
Elk Grove's growing season runs about 301 days, ranking 3,810 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,536 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 94206's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Elk Grove's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Elk Grove's dates instead of trusting one.