When to plant in Seaside, CA

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

Frost is rare in Seaside: in 23 of the last 28 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

Jan 14

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Jan 4

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Dec 30

1 year in 10 by Dec 31

Frost-free days

363

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Monterey · 2.1 km away · station 37 m, town 7 m. How we match towns to stations

Seaside'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
1942	Feb 14
1949	Feb 14
1950	Mar 12
1952	Jan 2
1953	Mar 2
1956	Feb 2
1957	Jan 30
1960	Jan 4
1962	Feb 27
1972	Jan 4
1974	Jan 2
1975	Jan 30
1976	Mar 3
1982	Jan 8
1987	Jan 10
1989	Feb 7
1993	Jan 4
1997	Jan 14
2002	Jan 29
2007	Jan 15
2013	Jan 14

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1942	261
1949	299
1952	362
1953	303
1954	359
1956	309
1957	334
1958	363
1959	363
1960	360
1961	363
1962	300
1964	363
1965	363
1966	363
1967	346
1968	363
1969	363
1970	363
1971	363
1972	334
1973	363
1974	362
1975	334
1976	302
1977	363
1978	339
1979	363
1980	363
1981	363
1982	356
1983	363
1984	363
1985	363
1986	363
1987	354
1988	361
1989	326
1990	352
1991	363
1992	363
1993	360
1994	363
1995	363
1996	363
1997	350
1998	353
1999	363
2000	363
2001	363
2002	335
2003	363
2004	363
2005	363
2006	363
2007	349
2008	363
2009	363
2010	363
2011	363
2012	363
2013	328
2014	363
2015	363
2018	363
2021	363
2022	363
2023	363
2024	363
2025	363

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1949	14.7 °C
1950	14.4 °C
1952	14.3 °C
1953	14.3 °C
1954	14.2 °C
1955	13.3 °C
1956	14.3 °C
1957	15.4 °C
1958	16.2 °C
1959	15.4 °C
1960	15.0 °C
1961	15.6 °C
1962	14.2 °C
1964	13.8 °C
1965	14.1 °C
1966	14.8 °C
1967	14.3 °C
1968	14.8 °C
1969	14.2 °C
1970	14.7 °C
1971	14.5 °C
1972	15.2 °C
1973	14.9 °C
1974	14.6 °C
1975	14.1 °C
1976	15.1 °C
1977	14.7 °C
1978	15.3 °C
1979	15.6 °C
1980	14.8 °C
1981	14.7 °C
1982	14.5 °C
1983	15.8 °C
1984	15.6 °C
1985	15.3 °C
1986	14.7 °C
1987	15.4 °C
1988	15.1 °C
1989	15.0 °C
1990	15.7 °C
1991	14.3 °C
1992	16.4 °C
1993	15.9 °C
1994	14.8 °C
1995	15.5 °C
1996	15.5 °C
1997	16.3 °C
1998	15.0 °C
1999	13.9 °C
2000	15.1 °C
2001	14.5 °C
2002	14.2 °C
2003	14.9 °C
2004	15.1 °C
2005	14.3 °C
2006	14.5 °C
2007	14.2 °C
2008	14.2 °C
2009	14.6 °C
2010	13.7 °C
2011	13.8 °C
2012	13.6 °C
2013	14.9 °C
2014	15.7 °C
2015	16.1 °C
2016	15.0 °C
2018	15.2 °C
2021	14.6 °C
2022	15.2 °C
2023	14.4 °C
2024	14.5 °C
2025	15.0 °C
2026	15.5 °C

What this means for you: This station's record is too short to show a reliable trend yet.

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

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