Elk Grove, CA 95759 Frost Dates
95759, near Elk Grove, CA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/02, about 158 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/02, roughly 301 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Elk Grove's growing season runs out in roughly 14 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Elk Grove against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 301 frost-free days, Elk Grove places 3,874 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,600 of 2,555.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 95759: local microclimates, on what one yard in Elk Grove can differ from the 95759 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9b and Elk Grove's frost date answer different questions.