When to plant in Oildale, CA

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

Frost is rare in Oildale: in 6 of the last 30 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

Feb 24

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Jan 26

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Dec 11

1 year in 10 by Nov 26

Frost-free days

316

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Bakersfield Ap · 3.6 km away · station 149 m, town 143 m. How we match towns to stations

Oildale'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
1938	Feb 17
1939	Feb 9
1940	Feb 20
1941	Jan 3
1942	Feb 23
1943	Feb 10
1944	Mar 15
1945	Jan 24
1946	Feb 12
1947	Feb 3
1948	Feb 13
1949	Feb 15
1950	Feb 2
1951	Mar 3
1952	Feb 18
1953	Mar 3
1954	Feb 9
1955	Feb 24
1956	Mar 7
1957	Feb 4
1958	Jan 23
1959	Jan 4
1960	Jan 17
1961	Jan 21
1962	Feb 28
1963	Jan 27
1964	Feb 13
1965	Feb 12
1966	Mar 4
1967	Jan 18
1968	Jan 5
1969	Jan 30
1970	Jan 6
1971	Mar 5
1972	Feb 3
1973	Jan 7
1974	Feb 7
1975	Jan 29
1976	Jan 4
1977	Jan 10
1978	Jan 25
1979	Jan 27
1981	Jan 7
1982	Jan 19
1983	Jan 15
1984	Feb 18
1985	Mar 4
1987	Feb 27
1988	Feb 5
1989	Feb 15
1990	Feb 20
1991	Jan 30
1992	Jan 31
1993	Jan 12
1994	Jan 7
1995	Jan 2
1996	Feb 23
1997	Jan 8
1998	Jan 26
1999	Feb 10
2000	Jan 9
2001	Feb 9
2002	Feb 5
2003	Feb 3
2006	Feb 22
2007	Mar 1
2008	Jan 29
2009	Jan 11
2011	Feb 28
2012	Mar 7
2013	Feb 10
2015	Jan 4
2018	Feb 24
2019	Feb 12
2020	Feb 5
2022	Feb 24
2023	Feb 16
2024	Jan 12

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1938	267
1939	293
1940	276
1941	319
1942	270
1943	300
1944	264
1945	319
1946	309
1947	292
1948	287
1949	298
1950	329
1951	278
1952	279
1953	293
1954	315
1955	308
1956	275
1957	301
1958	296
1959	334
1960	323
1961	321
1962	295
1963	317
1964	274
1965	307
1966	297
1967	328
1968	333
1969	331
1970	351
1971	237
1972	305
1973	357
1974	318
1975	304
1976	351
1977	354
1978	315
1979	297
1980	340
1981	357
1982	333
1983	349
1984	299
1985	282
1986	346
1987	289
1988	287
1989	285
1990	280
1991	303
1992	316
1993	316
1994	314
1995	362
1996	297
1997	335
1998	314
1999	296
2000	307
2001	309
2002	322
2003	315
2004	331
2005	363
2006	279
2007	286
2008	331
2009	331
2010	328
2011	277
2012	285
2013	296
2014	363
2015	329
2016	350
2017	337
2018	307
2019	321
2020	319
2021	363
2022	295
2023	317
2024	352

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1938	24.6 °C
1939	24.8 °C
1940	24.6 °C
1941	23.0 °C
1942	23.6 °C
1943	23.5 °C
1944	23.6 °C
1945	24.6 °C
1946	24.3 °C
1947	24.5 °C
1948	23.2 °C
1949	24.3 °C
1950	24.5 °C
1951	24.4 °C
1952	23.9 °C
1953	22.8 °C
1954	23.9 °C
1955	23.4 °C
1956	23.9 °C
1957	24.2 °C
1958	24.3 °C
1959	24.5 °C
1960	24.8 °C
1961	24.4 °C
1962	23.8 °C
1963	22.8 °C
1964	23.6 °C
1965	23.1 °C
1966	24.7 °C
1967	24.2 °C
1968	24.8 °C
1969	25.6 °C
1970	25.3 °C
1971	24.6 °C
1972	24.8 °C
1973	25.6 °C
1974	25.9 °C
1975	25.1 °C
1976	24.8 °C
1977	25.6 °C
1978	25.0 °C
1979	25.6 °C
1980	23.8 °C
1981	26.1 °C
1982	25.6 °C
1983	23.5 °C
1984	24.0 °C
1985	23.8 °C
1986	23.3 °C
1987	24.1 °C
1988	24.2 °C
1989	24.1 °C
1990	24.4 °C
1991	23.7 °C
1992	25.2 °C
1993	23.9 °C
1994	24.5 °C
1995	23.1 °C
1996	24.3 °C
1997	24.0 °C
1998	22.3 °C
1999	22.3 °C
2000	23.8 °C
2001	24.6 °C
2002	24.7 °C
2003	24.9 °C
2004	24.7 °C
2005	23.8 °C
2006	24.9 °C
2007	24.5 °C
2008	25.0 °C
2009	25.5 °C
2010	23.5 °C
2011	24.0 °C
2012	25.2 °C
2013	25.5 °C
2014	26.2 °C
2015	25.5 °C
2016	26.0 °C
2017	26.4 °C
2018	26.0 °C
2019	25.4 °C
2020	25.8 °C
2021	26.7 °C
2022	26.1 °C
2023	24.7 °C
2024	26.1 °C

What this means for you: Since 1938, Oildale's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. The frost-free season has grown by about 4 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

Nearby towns

Bakersfield Greenacres Rosedale Greenfield (near Lamont)Lamont Weedpatch