When to plant in Meiners Oaks, CA

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 6

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 9

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 22

1 year in 10 by Nov 7

Frost-free days

249

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Ojai · 4.7 km away · station 227 m, town 226 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 9 – Feb 23	Apr 6 – Apr 20	May 31
Sweet pepper	Jan 26 – Feb 9	Apr 6 – Apr 20	Jun 5
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 5 – Jan 12	Feb 9 – Feb 23	Mar 21
Peas	—	Jan 26 – Feb 23	Mar 22
Bush beans	—	Mar 30 – Apr 20	May 19
Carrot	—	Feb 16 – Mar 30	Apr 17
Beet	—	Feb 9 – Mar 23	Mar 31
Potato	—	Feb 16 – Mar 9	Apr 27
Kale	Dec 29 – Jan 12	Feb 9 – Feb 23	Mar 24
Broccoli	Dec 29 – Jan 12	Feb 9 – Mar 2	Apr 10
Cucumber	Mar 9 – Mar 16	Apr 6 – Apr 20	May 26
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 9 – Mar 16	Apr 6 – Apr 20	May 21
Winter squash	Mar 9 – Mar 16	Apr 6 – Apr 20	Jun 25
Sweet corn	—	Mar 30 – Apr 20	May 29
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 9 – Mar 2	May 10
Garlic	—	Nov 8 – Dec 6 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Jan 26 – Feb 23	Mar 5
Basil	Feb 23 – Mar 9	Apr 6 – Apr 20	Jun 2

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Meiners Oaks'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
1907	Mar 28
1908	Apr 1
1909	Mar 23
1910	Mar 26
1911	Feb 26
1912	Apr 12
1913	May 2
1914	Mar 30
1915	May 1
1916	May 24
1917	Apr 19
1918	Feb 19
1919	Mar 15
1920	Apr 10
1921	Apr 17
1922	Apr 18
1923	Mar 22
1924	Mar 22
1925	Apr 21
1926	Jan 28
1927	Apr 17
1928	Feb 28
1929	Apr 11
1930	Mar 10
1931	Mar 9
1932	Apr 22
1933	Apr 19
1934	Feb 5
1935	Mar 24
1936	Apr 4
1937	May 1
1938	Apr 14
1939	Apr 14
1940	Mar 14
1941	Jan 15
1942	Mar 30
1943	Feb 27
1944	Mar 28
1945	Mar 27
1946	Mar 21
1947	Apr 10
1948	Mar 25
1949	Mar 30
1950	Mar 14
1951	Mar 4
1952	Mar 23
1953	Apr 10
1954	Mar 16
1955	Mar 23
1956	Apr 1
1957	Feb 5
1958	Mar 13
1959	Feb 23
1960	Feb 25
1961	Jan 13
1962	Mar 15
1963	Mar 19
1964	Mar 24
1965	Apr 11
1966	Mar 4
1967	Apr 6
1968	Mar 19
1969	Mar 14
1970	Jan 29
1971	Mar 3
1972	Feb 3
1973	Mar 22
1975	Apr 7
1976	Mar 4
1977	Apr 3
1978	Jan 25
1979	Feb 8
1980	Apr 5
1981	Feb 27
1982	Apr 7
1983	Feb 10
1984	Feb 26
1985	Mar 26
1986	Feb 9
1987	Mar 31
1988	Mar 13
1989	Apr 26
1990	Mar 12
1991	Mar 21
1992	Jan 24
1993	Jan 11
1994	Feb 21
1995	Jan 18
1996	Feb 28
1997	Mar 2
1998	Mar 29
1999	Apr 10
2000	Feb 24
2002	Mar 16
2004	Mar 1
2006	Mar 22
2007	Mar 1
2009	Apr 5
2010	Mar 14
2011	Apr 9
2012	Apr 6
2013	Feb 28
2014	Feb 5
2015	Apr 7
2016	Mar 31
2017	Mar 7
2018	Mar 19
2019	Mar 15
2020	Mar 28
2021	Apr 15
2022	Apr 13
2023	Apr 5
2024	Apr 6
2025	Apr 4
2026	Feb 22

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1907	235
1908	237
1909	226
1910	237
1911	257
1912	206
1913	204
1914	244
1915	193
1916	167
1917	236
1918	279
1919	230
1920	193
1921	213
1922	198
1923	262
1924	229
1925	198
1926	318
1927	218
1928	226
1929	215
1930	249
1931	254
1932	223
1933	222
1934	300
1935	211
1936	218
1937	189
1938	206
1939	229
1940	250
1941	306
1942	234
1943	267
1944	241
1945	247
1946	228
1947	210
1948	246
1949	203
1950	241
1951	264
1952	245
1953	238
1954	258
1955	254
1956	232
1957	284
1958	248
1959	285
1960	274
1961	307
1962	284
1963	247
1964	236
1965	247
1966	293
1967	241
1968	259
1969	270
1970	316
1971	240
1972	269
1973	255
1975	224
1976	268
1977	271
1978	290
1980	226
1981	228
1982	250
1983	284
1984	272
1985	230
1986	304
1987	237
1988	283
1989	215
1990	239
1991	239
1992	290
1993	317
1994	254
1995	332
1996	274
1997	282
1998	249
1999	226
2002	281
2004	266
2006	248
2007	265
2009	223
2010	242
2011	212
2012	217
2013	278
2014	292
2015	210
2016	230
2017	256
2018	235
2019	228
2020	224
2021	180
2022	204
2023	207
2024	215
2025	241

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1906	19.0 °C
1907	18.0 °C
1908	18.6 °C
1909	18.3 °C
1910	19.4 °C
1911	18.2 °C
1912	18.0 °C
1913	19.2 °C
1914	18.3 °C
1915	18.9 °C
1916	18.0 °C
1917	20.0 °C
1918	19.5 °C
1919	19.7 °C
1920	19.1 °C
1921	19.1 °C
1922	20.1 °C
1923	19.1 °C
1924	19.6 °C
1925	19.1 °C
1926	19.8 °C
1927	19.3 °C
1928	20.4 °C
1929	20.2 °C
1930	19.9 °C
1931	22.2 °C
1932	19.4 °C
1933	18.6 °C
1934	19.4 °C
1935	18.5 °C
1936	19.6 °C
1937	18.8 °C
1938	18.9 °C
1939	19.0 °C
1940	19.8 °C
1941	19.2 °C
1942	19.1 °C
1943	19.9 °C
1944	18.9 °C
1945	20.0 °C
1946	19.9 °C
1947	20.1 °C
1948	19.3 °C
1949	20.0 °C
1950	19.4 °C
1951	19.8 °C
1952	20.1 °C
1953	19.4 °C
1954	20.1 °C
1955	19.6 °C
1956	19.6 °C
1957	20.3 °C
1958	20.7 °C
1959	20.8 °C
1960	21.3 °C
1961	20.4 °C
1962	19.8 °C
1963	19.3 °C
1964	19.6 °C
1965	18.9 °C
1966	20.5 °C
1967	19.9 °C
1968	19.7 °C
1969	19.2 °C
1970	19.6 °C
1971	19.4 °C
1972	20.1 °C
1973	19.7 °C
1975	18.2 °C
1976	19.4 °C
1977	19.6 °C
1978	20.1 °C
1979	19.7 °C
1980	18.6 °C
1981	19.9 °C
1992	20.8 °C
1995	19.7 °C
2002	20.4 °C
2004	19.9 °C
2006	20.3 °C
2007	20.3 °C
2009	20.5 °C
2010	19.0 °C
2011	19.5 °C
2012	21.0 °C
2013	20.8 °C
2014	20.9 °C
2015	19.8 °C
2016	19.7 °C
2017	20.6 °C
2018	20.1 °C
2019	19.1 °C
2020	20.1 °C
2021	18.8 °C
2022	20.3 °C
2023	18.7 °C
2024	19.0 °C
2025	19.0 °C

What this means for you: Since 1907, Meiners Oaks's last spring frost has come about 2 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 2 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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