Fort Bragg, CA 95456 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fort Bragg, CA?
Around 03/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 186 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/01, about 272 frost-free days later.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Fort Bragg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in Fort Bragg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fort Bragg's last frost
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fort Bragg compares
About 272 days separate Fort Bragg's last and first frost, putting it 5,377 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,865 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 10a and Fort Bragg's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Fort Bragg's dates instead of trusting one.