Anderson, CA 96022 Frost Dates
96022, near Anderson, CA: the frost window
Around 03/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 187 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/21, roughly 261 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Anderson in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
Anderson's growing season runs out in roughly 12 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
03/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Anderson against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 261 frost-free days, Anderson places 6,390 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 2,039 of 2,555.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 96022: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9a and Anderson's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Anderson's dates instead of trusting one.