Orland, CA 95951 Frost Dates
95951, near Orland, CA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/25, about 181 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/02, roughly 279 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Orland in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Orland's growing season runs out in roughly 14 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
Orland's growing season runs about 279 days, ranking 4,887 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 1,796 of 2,555.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 95951: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9b and Orland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Orland's dates instead of trusting one.