Placerville, CA 95726 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Placerville, CA?
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 191 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Placerville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Placerville compares
About 191 days separate Placerville's last and first frost, putting it 20,737 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 2,309 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 95726 normal.