Loyalton, CA 96118 Frost Dates
Loyalton, CA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 06/11, roughly 287 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/10, roughly 91 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Loyalton in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
With roughly 2 weeks until Loyalton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
06/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 07/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Loyalton against the rest of the dataset
Loyalton's growing season runs about 91 days, ranking 39,906 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CA, it ranks 2,536 of 2,555.
Learn more
Before leaning on 96118's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Loyalton can differ from the 96118 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Loyalton's frost date answer different questions.