Blue Lake, CA 95549 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Blue Lake, CA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/04, about 188 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/22, about 264 frost-free days later.
Blue Lake 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
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Blue Lake before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blue Lake compares
At roughly 264 frost-free days, Blue Lake places 6,082 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,013 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Blue Lake's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Blue Lake's dates instead of trusting one.