Frost dates in Santa Monica, California
Frost is rare
At Santa Monica Pier, NOAA puts the chance of any 32°F night in a year at 0%.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, station Santa Monica Pier (USC00047953), 0.2 miles from Santa Monica, elevation 14 ft. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. These are long-term averages, not a forecast.
This station is also the nearest one for Malibu, so its frost dates are the same as Santa Monica's.
| Chance in a year | Average last in spring | Average first in fall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light frost (36°F) | Under 1 year in 20 | — | — |
| 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 Monica
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 Monica'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
- Los Angeles 5 mi · frost rare
- Culver City 6 mi · frost rare
- Inglewood 10 mi · frost rare
- Glendale 19 mi · last frost Jan 2
- San Fernando 20 mi · last frost Jan 2
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