When to plant in Sedco Hills, CA

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

Safe to plant out

Mar 26

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Feb 9

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Dec 9

1 year in 10 by Nov 15

Frost-free days

318

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Elsinore · 7.1 km away · station 386 m, town 389 m. How we match towns to stations

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Jan 29 – Feb 12	Mar 26 – Apr 9	May 20
Sweet pepper	Jan 15 – Jan 29	Mar 26 – Apr 9	May 25
Lettuce (leaf)	Dec 8 – Dec 15	Jan 12 – Jan 26	Feb 21
Peas	—	Dec 29 – Jan 26	Feb 22
Bush beans	—	Mar 19 – Apr 9	May 8
Carrot	—	Jan 19 – Mar 2	Mar 20
Beet	—	Jan 12 – Feb 23	Mar 3
Potato	—	Jan 19 – Feb 9	Mar 30
Kale	Dec 1 – Dec 15	Jan 12 – Jan 26	Feb 24
Broccoli	Dec 1 – Dec 15	Jan 12 – Feb 2	Mar 13
Cucumber	Feb 26 – Mar 5	Mar 26 – Apr 9	May 15
Summer squash and zucchini	Feb 26 – Mar 5	Mar 26 – Apr 9	May 10
Winter squash	Feb 26 – Mar 5	Mar 26 – Apr 9	Jun 14
Sweet corn	—	Mar 19 – Apr 9	May 18
Onion (from sets)	—	Jan 12 – Feb 2	Apr 12
Garlic	—	Nov 25 – Dec 23 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Dec 29 – Jan 26	Feb 5
Basil	Feb 12 – Feb 26	Mar 26 – Apr 9	May 22

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Sedco Hills'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
1897	Mar 31
1898	Apr 4
1899	May 3
1900	Apr 8
1901	Apr 10
1902	Mar 25
1903	Mar 19
1904	Apr 24
1905	Mar 30
1906	Apr 1
1907	Apr 3
1908	May 9
1909	Apr 5
1910	Apr 14
1911	Apr 28
1912	Mar 31
1916	Feb 2
1917	Apr 1
1918	Feb 19
1919	Mar 16
1920	Mar 28
1921	Apr 15
1922	Apr 14
1923	Mar 16
1924	Jan 25
1925	Jan 16
1926	Jan 29
1927	Apr 10
1928	Apr 5
1929	Apr 10
1930	Mar 2
1931	Mar 29
1932	Apr 22
1933	May 7
1934	Jan 30
1935	Mar 23
1936	Mar 27
1937	Mar 23
1938	Feb 7
1939	Mar 5
1940	Feb 17
1942	Mar 22
1943	Jan 20
1944	Mar 15
1945	Apr 5
1946	Mar 15
1947	Mar 9
1949	Mar 30
1950	Mar 14
1951	Mar 4
1952	Mar 13
1953	May 25
1954	Mar 16
1955	Apr 19
1956	Apr 5
1957	Mar 24
1958	Mar 10
1959	Feb 25
1960	Apr 28
1961	Apr 25
1962	Mar 15
1963	Apr 11
1964	Apr 24
1965	Apr 12
1966	Mar 4
1967	Apr 16
1968	Apr 19
1969	Mar 15
1972	Apr 20
1973	Mar 29
1974	Mar 5
1977	Apr 1
1981	Jan 26
1982	Apr 1
1983	Feb 6
1988	Mar 13
1989	Feb 18
1990	Mar 13
1991	Mar 16
1992	Jan 23
1993	Feb 26
1994	Feb 14
1995	Mar 25
1996	Apr 7
1999	Apr 2
2000	Jan 9
2003	Feb 6
2009	Feb 13
2011	Feb 27
2012	Jan 18
2013	Feb 12
2015	Jan 2
2016	Feb 2
2018	Feb 20
2020	Feb 5
2021	Jan 26
2022	Feb 26
2023	Mar 2
2024	Jan 12
2025	Jan 16

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1897	222
1898	222
1899	211
1900	258
1901	243
1902	240
1904	201
1905	237
1906	202
1907	228
1908	171
1909	208
1910	218
1911	205
1916	294
1917	253
1918	282
1919	255
1920	250
1921	216
1922	203
1923	257
1925	329
1926	318
1927	226
1928	219
1929	212
1930	213
1931	228
1932	205
1933	182
1934	306
1935	221
1936	226
1937	273
1938	277
1939	295
1940	279
1941	324
1942	242
1943	311
1944	254
1945	216
1946	267
1949	250
1950	241
1951	264
1952	256
1953	179
1954	258
1955	210
1956	202
1957	237
1958	251
1959	275
1960	200
1961	166
1962	245
1963	219
1964	203
1965	246
1966	263
1968	222
1969	247
1973	220
1977	273
1982	217
1983	288
1990	258
1991	260
1992	311
1994	273
1995	267
2000	307
2009	320
2010	327
2011	279
2012	335
2013	321
2014	363
2015	361
2016	318
2017	363
2020	295
2021	319
2022	293
2023	303
2024	333
2025	348

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1897	23.3 °C
1898	23.0 °C
1899	21.9 °C
1900	20.7 °C
1901	20.8 °C
1902	20.7 °C
1904	22.1 °C
1905	22.4 °C
1906	21.8 °C
1907	20.4 °C
1908	20.9 °C
1909	21.2 °C
1910	21.9 °C
1911	20.5 °C
1912	20.2 °C
1915	23.2 °C
1916	22.2 °C
1917	22.1 °C
1918	22.8 °C
1919	22.9 °C
1920	22.0 °C
1921	21.7 °C
1922	23.0 °C
1923	21.9 °C
1925	22.6 °C
1926	23.0 °C
1927	21.4 °C
1928	21.8 °C
1929	21.8 °C
1930	21.1 °C
1931	22.8 °C
1932	20.3 °C
1933	19.6 °C
1934	22.7 °C
1935	21.9 °C
1936	23.0 °C
1937	22.4 °C
1938	22.1 °C
1939	22.7 °C
1940	22.6 °C
1941	21.2 °C
1942	21.9 °C
1943	22.5 °C
1944	20.9 °C
1945	21.7 °C
1946	22.2 °C
1947	22.2 °C
1949	22.1 °C
1950	21.3 °C
1952	22.6 °C
1953	21.0 °C
1954	21.8 °C
1955	21.4 °C
1956	21.5 °C
1957	21.7 °C
1958	22.3 °C
1959	22.8 °C
1960	22.5 °C
1961	22.1 °C
1962	20.9 °C
1963	20.8 °C
1964	20.9 °C
1965	20.6 °C
1966	22.8 °C
1968	21.7 °C
1969	22.4 °C
1973	21.4 °C
1974	22.1 °C
1986	22.3 °C
1991	22.4 °C
1992	23.6 °C
1993	23.1 °C
1995	23.1 °C
1996	23.2 °C
1997	24.0 °C
1998	22.0 °C
1999	22.2 °C
2000	23.9 °C
2001	23.5 °C
2010	22.5 °C
2011	22.8 °C
2012	24.5 °C
2013	24.4 °C
2014	24.1 °C
2015	23.7 °C
2016	23.3 °C
2017	24.2 °C
2020	23.5 °C
2021	23.8 °C
2022	24.4 °C
2023	22.1 °C
2024	23.4 °C
2025	23.1 °C

What this means for you: Since 1897, Sedco Hills's last spring frost has come about 4 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 8 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

Nearby towns

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