Placerville, CA 95667 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Placerville, CA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 237 frost-free days later.
Placerville 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 Placerville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Placerville's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Placerville compares
About 237 days separate Placerville's last and first frost, putting it 9,091 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 2,135 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Placerville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Placerville can differ from the 95667 normal.