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 95212
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts ZIP 95212 in zone 9b (the coldest night of a typical year: 25 to 30°F).
The nearest station, Lodi, CA, is 5 miles from the ZIP's center: its last spring frost comes after February 9 in half of years and after March 7 in one year in ten.
| Station | Distance | Elevation | Last frost (median) | 1 in 10 after | First frost (median) | Hardiness zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodi, CA | 5 mi | 40 ft | February 9 | March 7 | December 5 | – |
| Stockton Fire Station 4, CA | 6 mi | 12 ft | February 5 | March 11 | December 8 | – |
| Stockton, CAStockton Metro Airport | 11 mi | 26 ft | February 6 | February 28 | December 1 | 9b |
| Camp Pardee, CA | 25 mi | 658 ft | January 22 | March 1 | December 17 | 9b |
| Tracy Pumping Plant, CA | 26 mi | 61 ft | January 19 | February 17 | December 10 | 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 Lodi
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) | April 20 | March 26 | March 11 | February 9 | November 19 | November 5 |
| 32°F | March 7 | February 22 | February 9 | January 2 | December 5 | November 17 |
| 28°F (hard freeze) | February 18 | January 29 | January 12 | December 12 | December 20 | November 30 |
| 24°F | February 6 | January 16 | January 3 | December 13 | January 1 | December 9 |
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.