Weed, CA 96094 Frost Dates
96094, near Weed, CA: the frost window
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 158 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Weed, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Weed's growing season runs out in roughly 6 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
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Weed against the rest of the dataset
Weed's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 32,989 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 2,422 of 2,555.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 96094: the frost range, on how to read the range around Weed's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Weed can differ from the 96094 normal.