Frost dates by ZIP code: The nearest NOAA stations to your ZIP, 1991-2020 normals
Enter a five-digit ZIP code. PlainClimate finds its center (Census Bureau 2024) and the five nearest NOAA stations with frost dates, and shows each station's last spring and first autumn 32°F dates with its distance and elevation.
Frost dates near ZIP 92203
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts ZIP 92203 in zone 10a (the coldest night of a typical year: 30 to 35°F).
The nearest station, Indio, CA, is 3 miles from the ZIP's center: a night at 32°F or colder comes there in only 30% of years, and NOAA's median date of the last spring frost is December 31.
| Station | Distance | Elevation | Last frost (median) | 1 in 10 after | First frost (median) | Hardiness zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indio, CAIndio Fire Station | 3 mi | -21 ft | December 31 | January 21 | December 27 | – |
| Desert Resorts Regional Airport, CA | 10 mi | -118 ft | February 7 | March 1 | December 2 | 9a |
| Mecca, CAMecca Fire Station | 16 mi | -183 ft | January 6 | February 4 | December 22 | – |
| Palm Springs, CAPalm Springs Asos | 16 mi | 421 ft | January 9 | January 29 | January 9 | 10a |
| Palm Springs station, CA | 16 mi | 425 ft | January 1 | January 18 | December 31 | – |
Frost comes later in spring at higher and colder stations and earlier in low, open ground: prefer a station at a similar elevation to yours. Hardiness zone in the table: the USDA's rule (the average of each year's coldest night, 1991-2020) applied to the station's own record.
Every frost threshold at Indio
NOAA publishes the dates for several temperatures and odds. A 30% spring date means a 3-in-10 chance of a later frost (the convention almanacs use); 50% is the median; 10% the cautious date.
| Threshold | Spring, 10% | Spring, 30% | Spring, 50% | Spring, 90% | Autumn, 50% | Autumn, 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F (light frost) | January 31 | January 10 | January 1 | December 10 | December 18 | November 30 |
| 32°F | January 21 | January 5 | December 31 | December 10 | December 27 | December 8 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals; ZIP centers: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. Autumn 10%: one year in ten has its first frost before this date.