GreenlyLast and first frost dates in Ovalle
Chile
Ovalle had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none in ten years |
Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.
There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
When the soil warms up in Ovalle
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of July |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of July |
| 15 °C | 7 September |
| 18 °C | 28 September |
Frost dates near Ovalle
Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in San Juan (27 July) and latest in Los Andes (24 August).
| City | Distance | Last spring frost | First autumn frost |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Serena | 77 km | — | — |
| Los Andes | 254 km | 24 August | 5 June |
| San Juan | 275 km | 27 July | 20 June |
| Valparaíso | 275 km | 6 August | — |
| Santiago | 321 km | 9 August | 18 June |
Ovalle: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Ovalle by month
Average weather in Ovalle over 2016–2025: the warmest month is February. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: September–May (20.8–28.3 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 6.6 °C. About 99 mm of rain falls in a year, on 10 days; June is the wettest month (36 mm) and January the driest (0 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 28.3 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 26.9 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 23.9 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| May | 20.8 | 9.2 | 20 | 2 |
| June | 17.9 | 7.2 | 36 | 3 |
| July | 17.6 | 6.6 | 19 | 2 |
| August | 19.5 | 7.2 | 17 | 1 |
| September | 21.9 | 8.1 | 2 | 1 |
| October | 23.6 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 25.4 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 26.7 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 |
Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).
