Morgan Hill, CA 95042 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Morgan Hill, CA, ZIP 95042
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 197 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 Morgan Hill, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Morgan Hill has about 12 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 Morgan Hill's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Morgan Hill compares
Morgan Hill's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,591 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 2,263 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Morgan Hill's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Morgan Hill can differ from the 95042 normal.