Marina, CA 95012 Frost Dates
95012, near Marina, CA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/04, about 160 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/06, roughly 311 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Marina in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Marina's growing season runs out in roughly 14 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 02/04 isn't a guarantee
02/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Marina against the rest of the dataset
About 311 days separate Marina's last and first frost, putting it 3,527 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,466 of 2,555.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 95012: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9b and Marina's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Marina's dates instead of trusting one.