When to plant in Meadow Vista, CA

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 29

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 12

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 20

1 year in 10 by Nov 1

Frost-free days

225

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Colfax · 11.8 km away · station 723 m, town 522 m. How we match towns to stations

The station sits 201 m higher than the town, so frost dates here may be off by a week or more. Check them against local experience.

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Mar 4 – Mar 18	Apr 29 – May 13	Jun 23
Sweet pepper	Feb 18 – Mar 4	Apr 29 – May 13	Jun 28
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 8 – Feb 15	Mar 15 – Mar 29	Apr 24
Peas	—	Mar 1 – Mar 29	Apr 25
Bush beans	—	Apr 22 – May 13	Jun 11
Carrot	—	Mar 22 – May 3	May 21
Beet	—	Mar 15 – Apr 26	May 4
Potato	—	Mar 22 – Apr 12	May 31
Kale	Feb 1 – Feb 15	Mar 15 – Mar 29	Apr 27
Broccoli	Feb 1 – Feb 15	Mar 15 – Apr 5	May 14
Cucumber	Apr 1 – Apr 8	Apr 29 – May 13	Jun 18
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 1 – Apr 8	Apr 29 – May 13	Jun 13
Winter squash	Apr 1 – Apr 8	Apr 29 – May 13	Jul 18
Sweet corn	—	Apr 22 – May 13	Jun 21
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 15 – Apr 5	Jun 13
Garlic	—	Nov 4 – Dec 2 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 1 – Mar 29	Apr 8
Basil	Mar 18 – Apr 1	Apr 29 – May 13	Jun 25

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Meadow Vista'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
1905	May 10
1907	Apr 17
1908	May 16
1909	Apr 6
1910	Apr 21
1911	Apr 28
1912	May 2
1913	May 10
1916	May 24
1917	Apr 18
1918	Apr 13
1919	Mar 15
1920	Apr 21
1921	Apr 15
1922	May 9
1923	Mar 14
1924	Apr 15
1925	Apr 21
1926	Mar 2
1927	May 28
1928	Apr 4
1929	Apr 10
1930	May 8
1931	Feb 21
1932	Apr 21
1933	Jun 2
1934	Jan 23
1935	Apr 9
1936	Apr 5
1937	Apr 29
1938	Mar 22
1939	Mar 10
1940	Mar 12
1941	Apr 18
1942	May 12
1943	Feb 27
1944	Jun 3
1946	Apr 2
1947	Feb 1
1948	Mar 25
1949	Mar 28
1950	Mar 24
1951	Apr 30
1952	Mar 21
1953	Apr 11
1954	Mar 24
1955	Apr 27
1957	Apr 21
1958	Apr 23
1959	Feb 22
1960	May 21
1961	Apr 24
1962	Mar 23
1963	Apr 21
1964	Apr 24
1965	Apr 11
1966	Mar 20
1967	Apr 29
1968	Mar 18
1971	Apr 21
1974	May 18
1975	May 20
1976	Apr 16
1977	May 6
1978	Apr 21
1979	Mar 17
1980	Mar 26
1981	Feb 26
1982	Apr 8
1983	Apr 14
1984	Apr 19
1985	Mar 29
1986	Apr 2
1987	Mar 24
1988	May 1
1989	Mar 26
1990	Mar 13
1992	Mar 8
1993	Mar 1
1994	Apr 26
1995	Apr 21
1997	Apr 1
1998	Apr 16
1999	Apr 10
2000	May 11
2001	Apr 21
2002	Apr 18
2003	Apr 28
2004	Mar 4
2006	Apr 16
2007	Apr 20
2008	Apr 30
2009	Apr 29
2010	Apr 29
2011	May 15
2012	Apr 6
2013	Apr 16
2014	Mar 30
2015	Apr 8
2016	Mar 29
2017	Apr 9
2018	Apr 17
2019	Apr 10
2020	Mar 27
2021	Mar 16
2022	May 10
2023	Apr 18
2024	Apr 6
2025	Mar 18
2026	Apr 11

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1908	153
1910	224
1911	186
1912	181
1916	132
1917	256
1918	205
1919	224
1920	226
1921	214
1922	177
1923	260
1924	196
1925	152
1926	284
1927	178
1928	225
1929	216
1930	189
1931	266
1932	224
1933	179
1934	306
1935	202
1936	211
1937	192
1938	232
1939	260
1940	236
1941	213
1942	175
1943	232
1946	223
1947	272
1948	244
1949	255
1950	251
1951	205
1952	239
1953	220
1954	250
1955	198
1957	208
1958	205
1959	270
1960	181
1961	206
1962	249
1963	232
1964	199
1965	228
1966	246
1967	214
1968	241
1974	203
1975	174
1976	224
1977	196
1978	204
1979	246
1980	243
1981	275
1982	214
1983	219
1984	219
1985	224
1986	241
1987	235
1988	200
1989	245
1990	232
1992	245
1993	255
1994	190
1997	244
1998	206
1999	225
2000	182
2001	218
2002	243
2003	186
2004	236
2006	221
2007	224
2008	161
2010	207
2011	211
2012	217
2013	231
2014	269
2015	216
2016	232
2017	255
2018	228
2019	229
2020	226
2021	268
2022	176
2023	191
2024	222
2025	256

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1906	18.1 °C
1910	19.0 °C
1911	17.3 °C
1912	16.5 °C
1916	17.6 °C
1917	20.5 °C
1918	19.7 °C
1919	19.8 °C
1920	18.7 °C
1921	18.9 °C
1922	20.3 °C
1923	19.1 °C
1924	19.7 °C
1925	18.9 °C
1926	20.1 °C
1927	18.9 °C
1928	20.1 °C
1929	19.5 °C
1930	19.5 °C
1931	21.7 °C
1932	19.5 °C
1933	17.8 °C
1934	21.6 °C
1935	20.5 °C
1936	20.4 °C
1937	19.6 °C
1938	21.5 °C
1939	21.1 °C
1940	20.7 °C
1941	18.5 °C
1942	19.6 °C
1943	20.6 °C
1945	21.0 °C
1946	20.4 °C
1947	19.5 °C
1948	18.1 °C
1949	20.6 °C
1950	20.8 °C
1951	20.7 °C
1952	20.5 °C
1953	18.6 °C
1954	20.3 °C
1955	19.6 °C
1957	19.8 °C
1958	21.1 °C
1959	21.4 °C
1960	21.7 °C
1961	21.0 °C
1962	20.9 °C
1963	18.9 °C
1964	19.2 °C
1965	18.9 °C
1966	20.7 °C
1967	20.5 °C
1968	21.1 °C
1971	20.0 °C
1974	20.9 °C
1975	19.9 °C
1976	18.9 °C
1977	19.9 °C
1978	19.2 °C
1979	20.0 °C
1980	18.9 °C
1981	20.8 °C
1982	18.6 °C
1986	19.2 °C
1987	21.0 °C
1989	19.9 °C
1990	20.4 °C
1992	20.9 °C
1993	19.0 °C
1994	20.5 °C
1995	19.1 °C
1998	17.1 °C
1999	17.8 °C
2000	18.6 °C
2001	21.6 °C
2002	20.7 °C
2003	20.2 °C
2004	21.0 °C
2006	19.6 °C
2007	19.5 °C
2008	19.9 °C
2010	19.3 °C
2011	19.2 °C
2012	21.2 °C
2013	21.0 °C
2014	22.1 °C
2015	21.8 °C
2016	21.0 °C
2017	21.4 °C
2018	21.6 °C
2019	20.6 °C
2020	20.4 °C
2021	22.3 °C
2022	20.7 °C
2023	19.3 °C
2024	21.4 °C
2025	20.9 °C

What this means for you: Since 1905, Meadow Vista's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. The frost-free season has grown by about 1 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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