Frost dates for Oakland Museum, California
Frost is rare here. In a typical year this station records no freeze at all, so there is no last-frost date to plan around and the growing season runs all year.
- Growing season
- All year
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 10a, 10b, 9b
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 22 °C72 °F
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
- Nearly every drop is yours
- May to September: rain brings less than a quarter of the water a growing garden needs, about 25 mm1 in a week (how we know)
Month by month
- January
- high ~15 °C60 °F · low ~7 °C45 °F · rain ~110 mm4.4 in
- February
- high ~17 °C62 °F · low ~8 °C47 °F · rain ~110 mm4.4 in
- March
- high ~18 °C65 °F · low ~9 °C49 °F · rain ~82 mm3.2 in
- April
- high ~19 °C67 °F · low ~10 °C50 °F · rain ~35 mm1.4 in
- May
- high ~20 °C69 °F · low ~12 °C53 °F · rain ~19 mm0.7 in
- June
- high ~22 °C72 °F · low ~13 °C55 °F · rain ~5.1 mm0.2 in
- July
- high ~22 °C72 °F · low ~14 °C57 °F · rain ~0 mm0 in
- August
- high ~23 °C73 °F · low ~14 °C58 °F · rain ~1.3 mm0.05 in
- September
- high ~24 °C75 °F · low ~14 °C57 °F · rain ~2.5 mm0.1 in
- October
- high ~23 °C73 °F · low ~13 °C55 °F · rain ~29 mm1.1 in
- November
- high ~19 °C66 °F · low ~10 °C49 °F · rain ~62 mm2.4 in
- December
- high ~15 °C60 °F · low ~7 °C45 °F · rain ~118 mm4.7 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Oakland Museum station (listed by NOAA as Oakland Museum, USC00046336), at 37.80, -122.26. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
94105, 94111, 94130, 94501, 94516, 94556, 94563, 94575, 94601, 94602, 94606, 94607, 94608, 94609, 94610, 94611, 94612, 94618, 94702, 94703, 94704, 94705, 94709, 94710, 94720.
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Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Oakland Metro International Airport, CA, last frost by January 7
- San Francisco Oceanside, CA, frost is rare
- Livermore, CA, last frost by February 15
- Skyline Ridge Preserve, CA, last frost by March 21
- Mt Hamilton, CA, last frost by May 3
- Lodi, CA, last frost by February 9
Other stations in California.
- Woodland 1 WNW, CA, last frost by February 7
- Sacramento 5 ESE, CA, last frost by January 12
- Auburn, CA, last frost by February 25
- Fresno 5 NE, CA, last frost by January 30
- Shelter Cove Aviation, CA, frost is rare
- Oxnard, CA, frost is rare
- Woodland Hills Pierce College, CA, last frost by January 24
- Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport, CA, frost is rare