Stockton, CA 95213 Frost Dates
Stockton, CA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/06, roughly 162 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/01, roughly 304 days after the last spring frost.
Stockton 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 14 weeks until Stockton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stockton against the rest of the dataset
About 304 days separate Stockton's last and first frost, putting it 3,743 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,512 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 95213's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Stockton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Stockton can differ from the 95213 normal.