Scotts Valley, CA 95077 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Scotts Valley, CA, ZIP 95077
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/29, roughly 154 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/13, about 323 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Scotts Valley in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Scotts Valley 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 Scotts Valley'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 Scotts Valley compares
At roughly 323 frost-free days, Scotts Valley places 3,261 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,390 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Scotts Valley's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Scotts Valley's dates instead of trusting one.