When to plant in Santa Paula, CA
Planting dates worked out from Santa Paula's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.
Frost is rare in Santa Paula: in 15 of the last 21 springs there was none at all. Frost dates matter less here than heat, so the planting table below is left out.
Station used: Camarillo Ap · 16.1 km away · station 22 m, town 85 m. How we match towns to stations
Santa Paula'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 |
|---|---|
| 1953 | Mar 2 |
| 1955 | Feb 20 |
| 1956 | Feb 3 |
| 1960 | Feb 25 |
| 1961 | Jan 2 |
| 1962 | Feb 28 |
| 1963 | Jan 22 |
| 1964 | Mar 9 |
| 1965 | Feb 13 |
| 1966 | Mar 3 |
| 1967 | Mar 30 |
| 1969 | Jan 30 |
| 2002 | Jan 31 |
| 2006 | Mar 12 |
| 2007 | Mar 1 |
| 2011 | Feb 27 |
| 2013 | Jan 11 |
| 2015 | Jan 2 |
Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend
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| Year | Frost-free days |
|---|---|
| 1953 | 303 |
| 1954 | 358 |
| 1955 | 313 |
| 1956 | 330 |
| 1957 | 363 |
| 1958 | 319 |
| 1959 | 346 |
| 1960 | 284 |
| 1961 | 320 |
| 1962 | 301 |
| 1963 | 325 |
| 1964 | 251 |
| 1965 | 312 |
| 1966 | 298 |
| 1967 | 275 |
| 1968 | 351 |
| 1969 | 334 |
| 2000 | 363 |
| 2001 | 363 |
| 2002 | 333 |
| 2003 | 363 |
| 2004 | 332 |
| 2005 | 363 |
| 2006 | 281 |
| 2007 | 304 |
| 2008 | 346 |
| 2009 | 355 |
| 2010 | 329 |
| 2011 | 306 |
| 2012 | 363 |
| 2013 | 330 |
| 2014 | 363 |
| 2015 | 362 |
| 2016 | 363 |
| 2017 | 363 |
| 2018 | 363 |
| 2019 | 363 |
| 2020 | 363 |
| 2022 | 363 |
| 2023 | 363 |
| 2024 | 363 |
Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend
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| Year | Growing-season temperature |
|---|---|
| 1953 | 16.4 °C |
| 1954 | 17.3 °C |
| 1955 | 16.7 °C |
| 1956 | 17.2 °C |
| 1957 | 17.9 °C |
| 1958 | 18.6 °C |
| 1959 | 18.7 °C |
| 1960 | 17.3 °C |
| 1961 | 16.4 °C |
| 1962 | 16.2 °C |
| 1963 | 16.4 °C |
| 1964 | 15.3 °C |
| 1965 | 16.2 °C |
| 1966 | 17.2 °C |
| 1967 | 17.2 °C |
| 1968 | 18.5 °C |
| 1969 | 17.9 °C |
| 2000 | 18.7 °C |
| 2001 | 17.9 °C |
| 2002 | 17.4 °C |
| 2003 | 18.1 °C |
| 2004 | 18.5 °C |
| 2005 | 18.1 °C |
| 2006 | 18.2 °C |
| 2007 | 17.7 °C |
| 2008 | 18.4 °C |
| 2009 | 18.0 °C |
| 2010 | 17.2 °C |
| 2011 | 18.1 °C |
| 2012 | 17.8 °C |
| 2013 | 19.6 °C |
| 2014 | 20.1 °C |
| 2015 | 20.0 °C |
| 2016 | 19.2 °C |
| 2017 | 19.6 °C |
| 2018 | 19.8 °C |
| 2019 | 19.0 °C |
| 2020 | 20.3 °C |
| 2021 | 19.9 °C |
| 2022 | 19.4 °C |
| 2023 | 18.6 °C |
| 2024 | 19.4 °C |
What this means for you: This station's record is too short to show a reliable trend yet.
Source: daily records from Camarillo Ap (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.