When to plant in Indio, CA

Planting dates worked out from Indio's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Frost is rare in Indio: in 13 of the last 18 springs there was none at all. Frost dates matter less here than heat, so the planting table below is left out.

Safe to plant out

Jan 15

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Jan 5

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Dec 25

1 year in 10 by Dec 8

Frost-free days

363

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Indio Fire Stn · 1.4 km away · station -6 m, town -4 m. How we match towns to stations

Indio's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1906	Jan 2
1907	Jan 17
1908	Feb 17
1910	Feb 19
1911	Feb 22
1912	Feb 26
1913	Mar 16
1914	Jan 31
1915	Jan 20
1916	Feb 2
1917	Mar 16
1918	Feb 19
1919	Feb 26
1921	Jan 23
1922	Mar 10
1923	Feb 11
1924	Jan 21
1926	Jan 29
1927	Feb 2
1928	Feb 17
1929	Feb 17
1930	Mar 1
1931	Jan 20
1932	Feb 4
1933	Feb 27
1934	Jan 13
1935	Jan 22
1936	Feb 7
1937	Feb 21
1938	Feb 18
1939	Feb 28
1940	Jan 18
1942	Feb 16
1943	Feb 11
1944	Feb 17
1945	Mar 1
1946	Feb 11
1947	Jan 31
1948	Feb 13
1949	Feb 17
1950	Feb 13
1951	Mar 4
1952	Mar 23
1953	Mar 4
1954	Mar 13
1955	Feb 24
1956	Mar 13
1957	Jan 31
1958	Jan 24
1959	Feb 5
1960	Feb 25
1961	Jan 7
1962	Mar 15
1963	Jan 23
1964	Mar 9
1965	Mar 3
1966	Mar 4
1967	Jan 19
1968	Jan 20
1969	Feb 1
1970	Feb 3
1971	Mar 6
1972	Feb 3
1973	Jan 30
1974	Jan 3
1975	Feb 2
1976	Jan 7
1977	Jan 16
1978	Jan 25
1979	Jan 30
1987	Jan 22
1989	Feb 7
1990	Feb 20
1991	Jan 31
1993	Jan 4
1994	Jan 8
2011	Feb 3
2015	Jan 2

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1906	321
1907	327
1908	284
1911	279
1913	289
1914	312
1915	295
1916	308
1917	266
1918	283
1919	274
1920	334
1921	317
1922	264
1923	303
1924	330
1926	319
1927	306
1928	273
1929	280
1930	258
1931	305
1932	280
1933	276
1934	321
1935	292
1936	298
1937	303
1938	279
1939	300
1940	330
1941	324
1942	313
1943	296
1944	297
1945	283
1946	304
1947	283
1948	268
1949	296
1950	270
1951	278
1952	246
1953	259
1954	286
1955	295
1956	247
1957	302
1958	296
1959	324
1960	284
1961	334
1962	287
1963	318
1964	251
1965	289
1966	295
1967	325
1968	318
1969	331
1970	310
1971	237
1972	305
1973	329
1974	341
1975	290
1976	324
1977	348
1978	315
1979	294
1980	321
1981	359
1986	363
1988	359
1989	307
1990	280
1993	336
1994	334
1995	363
1996	351
2010	363
2011	306
2012	363
2013	363
2014	363
2015	362
2016	363
2017	363
2018	363
2019	363
2020	363
2021	363
2022	363
2023	363
2025	363

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1906	28.8 °C
1907	28.7 °C
1908	29.0 °C
1910	30.6 °C
1911	28.9 °C
1912	28.1 °C
1913	28.4 °C
1914	29.1 °C
1915	28.4 °C
1916	28.9 °C
1917	28.8 °C
1918	29.2 °C
1919	29.9 °C
1920	29.0 °C
1921	28.7 °C
1922	29.5 °C
1923	28.7 °C
1924	29.9 °C
1926	29.0 °C
1927	28.1 °C
1928	28.7 °C
1929	29.1 °C
1930	28.7 °C
1931	29.6 °C
1932	28.7 °C
1933	28.9 °C
1934	30.1 °C
1935	29.2 °C
1936	29.7 °C
1937	30.0 °C
1938	29.0 °C
1939	29.4 °C
1940	29.8 °C
1941	28.0 °C
1942	29.3 °C
1943	29.2 °C
1944	27.7 °C
1945	28.4 °C
1946	29.5 °C
1947	29.4 °C
1948	28.7 °C
1949	28.9 °C
1950	28.3 °C
1951	28.6 °C
1952	29.6 °C
1953	28.5 °C
1954	29.0 °C
1955	27.9 °C
1956	29.0 °C
1957	29.6 °C
1958	30.4 °C
1959	29.9 °C
1960	30.4 °C
1961	29.3 °C
1962	29.6 °C
1963	28.4 °C
1964	28.0 °C
1966	29.6 °C
1967	28.2 °C
1968	28.8 °C
1969	30.0 °C
1970	28.9 °C
1971	28.8 °C
1972	29.4 °C
1973	29.6 °C
1974	29.7 °C
1975	28.4 °C
1976	28.4 °C
1977	28.8 °C
1978	29.0 °C
1979	29.2 °C
1980	28.8 °C
1981	30.1 °C
1986	29.8 °C
1988	29.4 °C
1989	29.8 °C
1990	29.6 °C
1992	30.0 °C
1993	29.9 °C
1994	30.8 °C
1995	29.9 °C
2000	31.4 °C
2010	30.7 °C
2011	28.9 °C
2012	30.6 °C
2013	31.2 °C
2014	31.0 °C
2015	30.5 °C
2016	30.9 °C
2017	31.4 °C
2018	31.7 °C
2019	30.5 °C
2020	31.9 °C
2021	31.8 °C
2022	31.8 °C
2023	30.9 °C
2025	31.4 °C

What this means for you: Since 1906, Indio's last spring frost has come about 2 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 6 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Indio Fire Stn (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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