Elk Grove, CA 94268 Frost Dates
Elk Grove, CA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/02, about 158 days from today. 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.
Why 02/02 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 301 frost-free days, Elk Grove places 3,840 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,566 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 94268's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Elk Grove can differ from the 94268 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Elk Grove's frost date answer different questions.