Scotts Valley, CA 95007 Frost Dates
Scotts Valley, CA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 231 days after the last spring frost.
Scotts Valley 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 11 weeks until Scotts Valley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/25 isn't a guarantee
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Scotts Valley against the rest of the dataset
Scotts Valley's growing season runs about 231 days, ranking 10,162 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 2,169 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 95007's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Scotts Valley's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Scotts Valley's dates instead of trusting one.