Capitola, CA 95003 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Capitola, CA, ZIP 95003
Around 01/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 154 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/13, about 323 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Capitola, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Capitola has about 15 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 Capitola's last frost
01/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Capitola compares
About 323 days separate Capitola's last and first frost, putting it 3,262 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,391 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Capitola can differ from the 95003 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Capitola's frost date answer different questions.