Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Scotts Valley, CA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 231 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Scotts Valley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Scotts Valley's last frost
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Scotts Valley compares
At roughly 231 frost-free days, Scotts Valley places 10,166 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,173 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Scotts Valley can differ from the 95066 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Scotts Valley's frost date answer different questions.