Albany, CA 94707 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albany, CA, ZIP 94707
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/03, roughly 128 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/01, about 365 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Albany in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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
Zone 10a around Albany has about 18 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.
The actual range around Albany's last frost
01/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albany compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Albany places 1,480 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 761 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Albany's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Albany can differ from the 94707 normal.