Last and first frost dates in Redding

When is the last frost in Redding?

The last frost in Redding usually comes around 15 February: that is the median of 2016–2025, so in about half of those years the last night at or below 0 °C came later. Hardy crops start before it and frost-tender ones only after it: in the table below arugula can go into open ground from 25 January, while corn waits until 17 March. The first autumn frost follows around 11 December, about 299 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

When to sow and plant

Planting out: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop; frost-hardy crops three weeks before it; an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Seedlings are sown so they are ready on that day. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

When the soil warms up in Redding

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 13 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 58 days after it.

Frost dates near Redding

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Stockton (4 February) and latest in Carson City (1 May).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Redding

Within 15 km of Redding OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is The Harvest Company, 2 km away.

• The Harvest Company — garden centre
  Athens Avenue 2420, 96001 · 2 km · theharvestco.com
• Palo Cedro Feed — farm supply
  Old 44 Drive 22020, 96073 Palo Cedro · Mon–Sat 08:30–18:00; Sun 10:00–16:00 · 13 km · palocedrofeed.com
• Lao Market — market
  South Market Street 2680, 96001 · Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–14:00 · 2 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Redding
• Selling your own harvest in the United States

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Redding by month

Average weather in Redding over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: April–October (22.5–39.4 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: June–September (33.4–39.4 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in February, average 4.6 °C. About 1024 mm of rain falls in a year, on 79 days; January is the wettest month (211 mm) and July the driest (0 mm).

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).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).