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Woodland, CA 95776 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Woodland, CA?

Zone 9b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/07, about 163 days from today. 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

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 3,903 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,626 of 2,555.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Woodland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Woodland can differ from the 95776 normal.