Orland, CA 95913 Frost Dates
Orland, CA: when does the frost end?
Around 02/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 181 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/02, roughly 279 days after the last spring frost.
Orland 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 14 weeks until Orland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/25 isn't a guarantee
02/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Orland against the rest of the dataset
About 279 days separate Orland's last and first frost, putting it 4,886 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CA, it ranks 1,795 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 95913's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Orland can differ from the 95913 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Orland's frost date answer different questions.