Oakdale, CA 95361 Frost Dates
Oakdale, CA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/31, about 156 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/05, roughly 312 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Oakdale in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Oakdale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Oakdale's last frost
01/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/25 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.
Oakdale against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 312 frost-free days, Oakdale places 3,484 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,456 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 95361's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Oakdale can differ from the 95361 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Oakdale's frost date answer different questions.