Angels, CA 95224 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Angels, CA, ZIP 95224
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 169 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Angels, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Angels has about 9 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.
Why 05/07 isn't a guarantee
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Angels compares
About 169 days separate Angels's last and first frost, putting it 29,426 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 2,397 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Angels's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Angels can differ from the 95224 normal.