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Woodland, CA 95695 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Woodland, CA?

Zone 9b

Around 02/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 163 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 301 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodland 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

About 14 weeks of growing season left in Woodland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Woodland's last frost

02/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Woodland compares

About 301 days separate Woodland's last and first frost, putting it 3,900 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,623 of 2,555.

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