Angels, CA 95251 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Angels, CA, ZIP 95251
Around 02/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 176 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/11, about 290 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 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Angels compares
About 290 days separate Angels's last and first frost, putting it 4,521 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,706 of 2,555.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Angels can differ from the 95251 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Angels's frost date answer different questions.