When to plant in Old Fig Garden, CA

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

Frost is rare in Old Fig Garden: in 5 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 10

1 year in 10 by Nov 24

Frost-free days

319

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Fresno Yosemite Intl · 7.8 km away · station 102 m, town 100 m. How we match towns to stations

Old Fig Garden'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
1948	Feb 24
1949	Feb 15
1950	Mar 13
1951	Mar 31
1952	Mar 21
1953	Apr 9
1954	Feb 19
1955	Mar 2
1956	Mar 12
1957	Feb 5
1958	Mar 9
1959	Feb 13
1960	Jan 18
1961	Jan 21
1962	Feb 28
1963	Jan 25
1964	Mar 25
1965	Feb 24
1966	Mar 17
1967	Feb 15
1968	Jan 28
1969	Mar 8
1970	Feb 20
1971	Mar 6
1972	Mar 27
1973	Jan 24
1974	Feb 23
1975	Apr 1
1976	Mar 5
1977	Mar 14
1979	Jan 29
1980	Jan 21
1981	Feb 27
1982	Apr 7
1985	Feb 10
1987	Jan 22
1988	Mar 11
1989	Feb 15
1990	Feb 20
1991	Feb 1
1992	Jan 14
1993	Jan 12
1994	Feb 19
1995	Jan 2
1996	Feb 28
1997	Jan 14
1998	Jan 6
1999	Feb 11
2000	Jan 9
2001	Feb 8
2002	Feb 4
2004	Jan 23
2006	Feb 20
2007	Jan 24
2008	Jan 29
2009	Feb 10
2011	Feb 28
2012	Jan 19
2013	Jan 17
2015	Jan 4
2017	Feb 24
2018	Feb 24
2019	Feb 6
2020	Feb 4
2023	Feb 15

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1948	269
1949	245
1950	263
1951	236
1952	247
1953	239
1954	283
1955	254
1956	252
1957	298
1958	251
1959	294
1960	321
1961	298
1962	262
1963	320
1964	234
1965	293
1966	284
1967	288
1968	303
1969	254
1970	306
1971	236
1972	216
1973	283
1974	280
1975	223
1976	266
1977	249
1978	338
1979	295
1980	308
1981	299
1982	245
1983	363
1984	349
1985	275
1986	363
1987	307
1988	272
1989	284
1990	279
1991	299
1992	333
1993	315
1994	271
1995	362
1996	305
1997	330
1998	334
1999	299
2000	311
2001	309
2002	323
2003	325
2004	309
2005	363
2006	281
2007	310
2008	318
2009	299
2010	327
2011	277
2012	334
2013	320
2014	360
2015	328
2016	339
2017	285
2018	309
2019	327
2020	329
2021	363
2022	349
2023	318
2024	363

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1948	22.4 °C
1949	23.5 °C
1950	22.8 °C
1951	22.6 °C
1952	22.6 °C
1953	21.5 °C
1954	22.3 °C
1955	21.5 °C
1956	22.1 °C
1957	22.4 °C
1958	22.9 °C
1959	22.9 °C
1960	23.2 °C
1961	23.0 °C
1962	23.0 °C
1963	22.1 °C
1964	21.9 °C
1965	21.7 °C
1966	23.4 °C
1967	23.0 °C
1968	23.1 °C
1969	22.9 °C
1970	23.0 °C
1971	22.4 °C
1972	23.1 °C
1973	23.3 °C
1974	23.4 °C
1975	21.8 °C
1976	21.5 °C
1977	23.4 °C
1978	23.2 °C
1979	24.2 °C
1980	23.2 °C
1981	24.9 °C
1982	22.4 °C
1983	23.3 °C
1984	25.3 °C
1985	24.6 °C
1986	24.0 °C
1987	23.9 °C
1988	23.7 °C
1989	23.9 °C
1990	24.0 °C
1991	23.2 °C
1992	24.9 °C
1993	23.2 °C
1994	23.9 °C
1995	22.9 °C
1996	24.4 °C
1997	24.3 °C
1998	22.5 °C
1999	22.9 °C
2000	23.8 °C
2001	24.5 °C
2002	24.1 °C
2003	24.2 °C
2004	24.3 °C
2005	23.7 °C
2006	24.5 °C
2007	24.1 °C
2008	24.6 °C
2009	24.8 °C
2010	23.0 °C
2011	23.5 °C
2012	25.2 °C
2013	25.7 °C
2014	26.1 °C
2015	24.7 °C
2016	24.9 °C
2017	25.1 °C
2018	25.3 °C
2019	24.9 °C
2020	25.6 °C
2021	26.3 °C
2022	25.9 °C
2023	24.5 °C
2024	25.9 °C

What this means for you: Since 1948, Old Fig Garden's last spring frost has come about 5 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 11 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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