When to plant in Sun Village, CA

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 10

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 16

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 19

1 year in 10 by Oct 31

Frost-free days

244

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Palmdale · 13.0 km away · station 796 m, town 834 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	Feb 13 – Feb 27	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 4
Sweet pepper	Jan 30 – Feb 13	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 9
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 12 – Jan 19	Feb 16 – Mar 2	Mar 28
Peas	—	Feb 2 – Mar 2	Mar 29
Bush beans	—	Apr 3 – Apr 24	May 23
Carrot	—	Feb 23 – Apr 6	Apr 24
Beet	—	Feb 16 – Mar 30	Apr 7
Potato	—	Feb 23 – Mar 16	May 4
Kale	Jan 5 – Jan 19	Feb 16 – Mar 2	Mar 31
Broccoli	Jan 5 – Jan 19	Feb 16 – Mar 9	Apr 17
Cucumber	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 10 – Apr 24	May 30
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 10 – Apr 24	May 25
Winter squash	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 29
Sweet corn	—	Apr 3 – Apr 24	Jun 2
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 16 – Mar 9	May 17
Garlic	—	Nov 5 – Dec 3 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 2 – Mar 2	Mar 12
Basil	Feb 27 – Mar 13	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 6

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Sun Village'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
1933	Apr 18
1934	Apr 3
1935	Apr 17
1936	Apr 6
1937	Mar 22
1938	Mar 31
1939	Mar 11
1940	Mar 14
1941	Apr 20
1942	Mar 27
1943	Mar 20
1944	May 16
1945	Apr 14
1946	Mar 20
1947	Mar 6
1948	Apr 12
1949	Mar 21
1950	Mar 26
1951	Mar 31
1952	Mar 23
1953	Apr 11
1954	Mar 26
1955	Apr 27
1956	Apr 3
1957	Apr 20
1958	Mar 12
1959	Feb 25
1960	Mar 2
1961	Mar 8
1962	Mar 24
1963	Apr 22
1964	Mar 26
1965	Apr 11
1966	Mar 23
1967	May 1
1968	Apr 22
1969	Apr 7
1970	Apr 28
1971	Apr 23
1972	Apr 14
1973	May 5
1974	May 19
1975	Apr 7
1976	Apr 17
1977	Apr 4
1978	Apr 5
1979	Mar 3
1980	Mar 31
1981	Apr 13
1982	Apr 22
1983	Apr 6
1984	Apr 21
1985	Mar 26
1986	Apr 3
1987	Apr 20
1988	May 1
1989	Mar 4
1990	Mar 14
1991	Mar 28
1992	Feb 4
1993	Feb 27
1994	Mar 23
1995	Jun 6
1996	Mar 29
1997	Mar 5
1998	Apr 8
1999	Apr 10
2000	Apr 1
2001	Apr 10
2002	Mar 19
2003	Mar 2
2004	Feb 16
2005	Feb 26
2006	Mar 22
2007	Mar 4
2009	Mar 24
2010	Mar 14
2011	Apr 9
2012	Apr 9
2013	Feb 27
2014	Feb 4
2015	Mar 5
2016	Feb 8
2017	Mar 6
2021	Mar 16
2022	Mar 12
2023	Apr 5
2024	Apr 6
2025	Mar 9
2026	Feb 21

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1933	200
1934	235
1935	189
1936	211
1937	230
1938	220
1939	228
1941	211
1942	222
1943	231
1944	183
1945	207
1946	223
1947	241
1948	206
1949	213
1950	229
1951	230
1952	231
1953	220
1954	248
1955	202
1956	203
1957	199
1958	248
1959	253
1960	258
1962	237
1963	208
1964	232
1965	228
1966	244
1967	211
1968	205
1969	224
1970	179
1971	188
1972	198
1973	182
1974	164
1975	199
1976	223
1977	216
1978	220
1979	240
1980	211
1981	185
1982	194
1983	216
1984	179
1985	230
1986	204
1987	208
1988	201
1989	239
1990	233
1991	216
1992	279
1993	261
1994	225
1995	193
1996	243
1997	279
1998	205
1999	225
2000	224
2001	230
2002	267
2003	265
2004	285
2005	273
2006	251
2007	242
2009	218
2010	242
2011	212
2012	215
2013	279
2014	312
2015	244
2016	289
2017	266
2021	268
2022	242
2023	233
2024	214
2025	269

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1931	22.9 °C
1933	21.5 °C
1934	23.2 °C
1935	22.5 °C
1936	23.0 °C
1937	22.6 °C
1938	22.3 °C
1939	22.9 °C
1940	23.0 °C
1941	20.4 °C
1942	21.7 °C
1943	21.9 °C
1944	20.4 °C
1945	22.0 °C
1946	22.3 °C
1947	22.2 °C
1948	21.2 °C
1949	22.2 °C
1950	23.0 °C
1951	23.3 °C
1952	22.5 °C
1953	21.3 °C
1954	22.7 °C
1955	22.1 °C
1956	22.6 °C
1957	22.3 °C
1958	23.0 °C
1959	24.1 °C
1960	24.3 °C
1962	23.2 °C
1963	21.0 °C
1964	21.7 °C
1965	20.9 °C
1966	22.5 °C
1967	21.3 °C
1968	21.8 °C
1969	22.3 °C
1970	22.7 °C
1971	21.4 °C
1972	22.4 °C
1973	22.5 °C
1974	22.8 °C
1975	21.6 °C
1976	21.6 °C
1977	22.4 °C
1978	21.3 °C
1979	21.7 °C
1980	21.3 °C
1981	23.1 °C
1982	21.4 °C
1983	20.7 °C
1984	23.2 °C
1985	22.9 °C
1986	22.4 °C
1987	23.1 °C
1988	23.0 °C
1989	23.7 °C
1990	23.6 °C
1991	22.5 °C
1992	23.9 °C
1993	22.8 °C
1994	24.4 °C
1995	22.8 °C
1996	24.7 °C
1997	24.1 °C
1998	21.6 °C
1999	22.9 °C
2000	24.2 °C
2001	24.2 °C
2002	24.0 °C
2003	23.5 °C
2004	23.4 °C
2005	22.5 °C
2006	23.6 °C
2007	23.6 °C
2009	23.9 °C
2010	22.6 °C
2011	22.9 °C
2012	24.7 °C
2013	24.3 °C
2014	24.4 °C
2015	23.3 °C
2016	24.1 °C
2017	24.5 °C
2019	23.4 °C
2021	25.6 °C
2022	25.3 °C
2023	22.9 °C
2024	24.9 °C
2025	23.9 °C

What this means for you: Since 1933, Sun Village's last spring frost has come about 3 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 5 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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