Citrus Heights, CA 95842 Frost Dates
Citrus Heights, CA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/12, roughly 137 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/16, roughly 341 days after the last spring frost.
Citrus Heights sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 16 weeks until Citrus Heights's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Citrus Heights against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 341 frost-free days, Citrus Heights places 2,595 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,152 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 95842's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Citrus Heights's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Citrus Heights can differ from the 95842 normal.