Waterford, CA 95329 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Waterford, CA, ZIP 95329
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 192 frost-free days later.
Waterford 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Waterford 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waterford compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Waterford places 20,230 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,300 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Waterford's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Waterford can differ from the 95329 normal.