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 92571
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts ZIP 92571 in zone 9b (the coldest night of a typical year: 25 to 30°F).
The nearest station, Riverside Citrus Experiment, CA, is 13 miles from the ZIP's center: a night at 32°F or colder comes there in only 45% of years, and NOAA's median date of the last spring frost is January 10. By the USDA's method its plant hardiness zone is 10a.
| Station | Distance | Elevation | Last frost (median) | 1 in 10 after | First frost (median) | Hardiness zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Citrus Experiment, CA | 13 mi | 986 ft | January 10 | February 17 | January 2 | 10a |
| San Jacinto, CA | 13 mi | 1,525 ft | January 31 | February 28 | December 10 | 9b |
| Riverside Fire Station 3, CA | 13 mi | 840 ft | January 9 | February 25 | December 25 | – |
| Redlands, CA | 13 mi | 1,410 ft | January 27 | February 28 | December 19 | 10a |
| Lake Elsinore, CAElsinore | 14 mi | 1,268 ft | January 28 | February 27 | December 18 | 9b |
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 Riverside Citrus Experiment
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) | March 12 | February 24 | February 11 | January 1 | December 13 | November 25 |
| 32°F | February 17 | January 25 | January 10 | December 20 | January 2 | December 11 |
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.