Citrus Heights, CA 95841 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Citrus Heights, CA, ZIP 95841
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/12, about 137 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/16, about 341 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Citrus Heights, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Citrus Heights 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 Citrus Heights compares
About 341 days separate Citrus Heights's last and first frost, putting it 2,594 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,151 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Citrus Heights's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Citrus Heights can differ from the 95841 normal.