El Cerrito, CA 94708 Frost Dates
Frost dates for El Cerrito, CA, ZIP 94708
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.
El Cerrito sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around El Cerrito 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 El Cerrito'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 El Cerrito compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, El Cerrito places 1,158 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 491 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and El Cerrito's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around El Cerrito's dates instead of trusting one.