Sutter Creek, CA 95644 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sutter Creek, CA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 169 frost-free days later.
Sutter Creek sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Sutter Creek 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
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sutter Creek compares
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Sutter Creek places 29,452 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,400 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Sutter Creek's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Sutter Creek can differ from the 95644 normal.