Elk Grove, CA 95693 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elk Grove, CA, ZIP 95693
Around 01/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 137 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/16, about 341 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elk Grove in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Elk Grove has about 16 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elk Grove compares
At roughly 341 frost-free days, Elk Grove places 2,579 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,136 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Elk Grove's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Elk Grove's dates instead of trusting one.