When to plant in Orosi, CA

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

Frost is rare in Orosi: in 5 of the last 26 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

Mar 3

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Jan 22

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Dec 15

1 year in 10 by Nov 24

Frost-free days

330

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Visalia · 24.1 km away · station 92 m, town 114 m. How we match towns to stations

Orosi'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
1898	Apr 3
1902	Mar 17
1903	Apr 11
1904	Apr 20
1905	Apr 1
1906	May 29
1907	Mar 26
1908	Mar 31
1910	Jan 20
1912	May 13
1913	Apr 29
1914	Jan 30
1916	Feb 2
1917	Mar 14
1918	Apr 4
1919	Feb 28
1920	Mar 26
1921	Feb 15
1922	Apr 16
1923	Feb 9
1925	Mar 11
1926	Jan 28
1927	Mar 15
1928	Mar 29
1929	Apr 7
1938	Mar 30
1939	Mar 5
1940	Jan 16
1942	Feb 25
1943	Feb 10
1944	Feb 13
1945	Mar 24
1946	Mar 14
1947	Feb 2
1948	Feb 13
1949	Feb 16
1950	Mar 25
1951	Mar 4
1952	Feb 18
1953	Mar 3
1954	Mar 20
1955	Feb 28
1956	Mar 6
1957	Mar 22
1958	Jan 23
1959	Feb 9
1960	Mar 2
1961	Jan 22
1962	Mar 7
1963	Jan 26
1964	Mar 3
1965	Feb 13
1966	Mar 4
1967	Jan 9
1968	Jan 28
1969	Feb 4
1970	Jan 29
1971	Mar 2
1972	Feb 3
1973	Jan 8
1974	Feb 21
1975	Feb 21
1976	Mar 27
1977	Mar 15
1978	Jan 26
1981	Jan 7
1982	Jan 23
1983	Jan 6
1984	Jan 27
1985	Feb 21
1986	Feb 11
1987	Jan 23
1989	Feb 8
1990	Feb 16
1991	Jan 2
1992	Jan 14
1993	Jan 13
1994	Feb 3
1997	Jan 14
1998	Jan 7
1999	Mar 6
2000	Jan 7
2001	Jan 20
2004	Jan 5
2006	Mar 6
2008	Jan 19
2009	Mar 11
2011	Feb 28
2012	Jan 24
2015	Jan 4
2016	Jan 2
2017	Jan 30
2018	Feb 25
2019	Feb 23
2020	Jan 14

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1902	248
1903	218
1904	215
1905	198
1906	177
1908	256
1910	328
1912	114
1913	206
1914	302
1916	281
1917	237
1918	221
1919	239
1920	252
1921	273
1923	296
1925	254
1926	318
1927	252
1928	260
1929	220
1938	226
1939	300
1940	310
1941	320
1942	268
1943	298
1944	287
1945	228
1946	230
1947	277
1948	286
1949	297
1950	251
1951	277
1952	278
1953	260
1954	279
1955	256
1956	239
1957	255
1958	296
1959	299
1960	278
1961	298
1962	266
1963	317
1964	255
1965	287
1966	299
1967	333
1968	303
1969	299
1970	328
1971	239
1972	290
1973	299
1974	280
1975	269
1976	245
1977	249
1978	313
1980	340
1981	350
1983	348
1984	322
1985	264
1986	293
1987	323
1988	343
1989	306
1990	302
1991	331
1992	338
1993	315
1994	288
1995	363
1996	363
1997	330
1998	333
1999	299
2000	311
2001	344
2003	360
2008	328
2009	271
2010	329
2014	363
2018	306
2019	310

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1903	21.5 °C
1904	22.6 °C
1905	21.9 °C
1906	21.7 °C
1908	20.3 °C
1910	23.6 °C
1912	17.7 °C
1913	19.8 °C
1914	21.4 °C
1916	22.1 °C
1917	23.0 °C
1918	22.6 °C
1919	22.9 °C
1920	22.2 °C
1921	22.5 °C
1922	23.2 °C
1923	22.0 °C
1925	22.6 °C
1926	24.2 °C
1927	22.3 °C
1929	23.2 °C
1930	22.8 °C
1938	24.0 °C
1939	24.4 °C
1940	23.9 °C
1941	22.4 °C
1942	22.9 °C
1943	22.9 °C
1944	22.5 °C
1945	23.1 °C
1946	23.5 °C
1947	23.6 °C
1948	22.1 °C
1949	23.5 °C
1950	24.0 °C
1951	23.6 °C
1952	23.9 °C
1953	22.4 °C
1954	22.9 °C
1955	23.1 °C
1956	22.9 °C
1957	22.9 °C
1958	23.7 °C
1959	23.4 °C
1960	23.7 °C
1961	23.9 °C
1962	23.2 °C
1963	22.2 °C
1964	22.0 °C
1965	21.5 °C
1966	23.4 °C
1967	22.8 °C
1968	22.8 °C
1969	23.0 °C
1970	22.7 °C
1971	22.5 °C
1972	23.1 °C
1973	23.3 °C
1974	23.1 °C
1975	22.2 °C
1976	21.9 °C
1977	22.6 °C
1978	22.3 °C
1980	22.1 °C
1981	23.8 °C
1982	22.2 °C
1983	22.7 °C
1984	23.8 °C
1985	23.4 °C
1986	22.9 °C
1987	23.1 °C
1988	22.7 °C
1989	22.8 °C
1990	22.7 °C
1991	22.3 °C
1992	23.7 °C
1993	22.1 °C
1994	22.8 °C
1995	22.3 °C
1996	23.5 °C
1997	23.5 °C
1998	22.1 °C
1999	21.8 °C
2000	23.4 °C
2001	23.5 °C
2002	23.2 °C
2003	23.5 °C
2004	23.5 °C
2008	23.3 °C
2009	23.8 °C
2010	22.0 °C
2012	23.1 °C
2014	24.1 °C
2015	23.3 °C
2016	23.6 °C
2018	23.5 °C
2019	23.4 °C
2024	25.3 °C
2025	24.8 °C
2026	24.6 °C

What this means for you: Since 1898, Orosi's last spring frost has come about 6 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 9 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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