Your nature year
Oxnard, Californiathrough the year
Also for Thousand Oaks, CA, Ventura, CA, Camarillo, CA, Santa Paula, CA: the same nearby places.
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Oxnard?
Leaves usually come out around Jan 22 and the first flowers around Feb 12. About 3 weeks pass between first leaf and first bloom here.
Frost usually lets go around Dec 31 and comes back around Dec 28, according to the Camarillo Airport weather station (6.9 mi): roughly -3 days without it. For a day trip, Channel Islands is 5 miles off; its wildflowers is by late January through March, during a normal year of rainfall (usually). For desert superbloom, the nearest is Carrizo Plain (67 mi, late March to early April (usually)). Head northwest for the closest of the 3 places we follow around Oxnard. Across California, fall color is usually well under way by late October.
Updated Sep 29. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Near Oxnard right now
- Fall color is usually well under way by late October in CaliforniaStatewide · USA-NPN volunteer observations, 2020–2025 · not a forecast~4 weeks
- First fall frost usually around Dec 28 · last spring frost around Dec 31NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Camarillo Airport (6.9 mi, 50% dates)~3 months
- Winter wildlife · Kern Refuge · 110 miLocal timing: Birding is best on the refuge from October through March~1 day
Your guide around Oxnard
Nearby, season by season
Desert superbloom
- Carrizo Plain · 67 miUsually: late March to early April~6 months
Wildflowers
- Channel Islands · 5 miUsually: by late January through March, during a normal year of rainfall~4 months
Winter wildlife
- Kern Refuge · 110 miLocal timing: Birding is best on the refuge from October through March~1 day
Oxnard's nature year
- Wildflowers · Channel IslandsJan–Mar
- Jan: Spring green-upJan
- Desert superbloom · Carrizo PlainMar–Apr
- Oct: Fall color (CA)Oct
- Winter wildlife · Kern RefugeOct–Mar
- Dec: Last spring frostDec
- Dec: First fall frostDec
Oxnard's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~Dec 31 to ~Dec 28
- First leaf ~Jan 22
- First bloom ~Feb 12
- Fall color under way ~Oct 28 (CA)
- Today
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
Dec 31
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Dec 28
About -3 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Jan 22
First bloom around Feb 12
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Camarillo Airport (6.9 mi from Oxnard), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Oxnard?
On average around Dec 28, and the last spring frost around Dec 31: about -3 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Camarillo Airport, 6.9 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Oxnard?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Jan 22 and first bloom around Feb 12, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see desert superbloom near Oxnard?
Carrizo Plain, 67 miles (usually: late March to early April). Distances are straight-line.
Where can I see wildflowers near Oxnard?
Channel Islands, 5 miles (usually: by late January through March, during a normal year of rainfall). Distances are straight-line.
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, colored leaves observations (opens in a new tab) (Sep 29)