Angels, CA 95246 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Angels, CA, ZIP 95246
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 169 frost-free days later.
Angels sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
Zone 9a 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
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Angels places 29,428 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,399 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Angels can differ from the 95246 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Angels's frost date answer different questions.