Paradise, CA 95942 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Paradise, CA, ZIP 95942
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 206 frost-free days later.
Paradise sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Paradise has about 11 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.
Why 04/17 isn't a guarantee
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paradise compares
At roughly 206 frost-free days, Paradise places 15,982 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,234 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Paradise's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Paradise's dates instead of trusting one.