Paradise, CA 95980 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Paradise, CA?
Around 04/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 232 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 206 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Paradise, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Paradise before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Paradise's last frost
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
Paradise's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 15,985 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 2,237 of 2,555.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Paradise's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Paradise can differ from the 95980 normal.