Tehama, CA 96092 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tehama, CA, ZIP 96092
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/25, about 181 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/02, about 279 frost-free days later.
Tehama sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 9b around Tehama has about 14 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tehama compares
At roughly 279 frost-free days, Tehama places 4,906 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CA, it ranks 1,805 of 2,555.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Tehama's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Tehama's dates instead of trusting one.