Paradise, CA 95956 Frost Dates
Paradise, CA: when does the frost end?
Around 05/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 267 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/25, roughly 122 days after the last spring frost.
Paradise sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 4 weeks until Paradise's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/22 isn't a guarantee
05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Paradise against the rest of the dataset
Paradise's growing season runs about 122 days, ranking 38,931 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 2,487 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 95956's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Paradise's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Paradise's dates instead of trusting one.