Waterford, CA 95386 Frost Dates
Waterford, CA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/06, roughly 131 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/20, roughly 351 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 16 weeks until Waterford's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/06 isn't a guarantee
01/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Waterford against the rest of the dataset
About 351 days separate Waterford's last and first frost, putting it 2,309 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,021 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 95386's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Waterford can differ from the 95386 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Waterford's frost date answer different questions.