Frost dates in Santa Ana, California
Frost is rare
At Santa Ana John Wayne AP, NOAA puts the chance of any 32°F night in a year at 0%.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, station Santa Ana John Wayne AP (USW00093184), 4 miles from Santa Ana, elevation 54 ft. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. These are long-term averages, not a forecast.
This station is also the nearest one for Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Orange, Seal Beach, Stanton and Westminster, so their frost dates are the same as Santa Ana's.
| Chance in a year | Average last in spring | Average first in fall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light frost (36°F) | 1 years in 10 | Jan 5 | Jan 3 |
| Frost (32°F) | Under 1 year in 20 | — | — |
| Hard freeze (28°F) | Under 1 year in 20 | — | — |
Nights at 32°F or colder in an average year: 0.0
What to plant now in Santa Ana
USDA's planting table covers places whose average last freeze is between January 30 and June 10, and whose first freeze is between August 30 and December 20. Santa Ana's frost dates fall outside it (frost is rare here), so we don't give planting dates for it.
Planting dates: USDA Home and Garden Bulletin No. 9 (1967), “Suburban and Farm Vegetable Gardens,” tables 4 and 5. How we match the table.
Nearby in California
- Newport Beach 10 mi · frost rare
- Anaheim 11 mi · last frost Jan 5
- Mission Viejo 16 mi · last frost Jan 6
- Long Beach 17 mi · last frost Jan 9
- Downey 20 mi · frost rare