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California · Geographic reference lookup

Your climate reference
near Daly City.

We connect a real Census place to the nearest agricultural NOAA station, then show the distance and the limitations. This is not a locally validated planting calendar.

city · Census 2026
Nearby stations have different climate statuses.

A seasonal station and a mild-climate or limited-data station are not interchangeable. The nearest source has not been replaced to force a calendar.

A reference, not your back garden

2.9 miles NW
from the Census reference point.

The line connects Daly City’s published Census internal point to the weather station. It does not measure terrain, elevation differences or your garden’s microclimate.

4.6 km straight-line distance · Schematic, not a navigation map
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Census place point Weather station
The nearest reference

San Francisco Oceanside

Infrequent freezing; conditional dates · USC00047767

Full station data
Proximity is not a climate-validation score. Place elevation is unavailable in this Census source, so we cannot verify the elevation difference. The nearest station is never silently replaced by a colder one to create a planting calendar.
Spring median · freezing cold seasonsDec 30 (prior year)
Fall median · freezing cold seasonsDec 25
Modeled annual freeze occurrence21.7%
Uncertainty, made visible

One date never tells
the whole season.

1991–2020 station normals
32°F minimum-temperature threshold

Last spring freeze

Among cold seasons with a freeze: probability of the last occurrence on this date or later.

10%Mar 13
30%Jan 23
50%Dec 30Prior yearMedian reference
70%Dec 16Prior year
90%Dec 2Prior year

The 10% date is later in spring than the median: a more cautious historical reference, still not a guarantee.

First fall freeze

Among cold seasons with a freeze: probability of the first occurrence on this date or earlier.

10%Nov 26
30%Dec 12
50%Dec 25Median reference
70%Jan 12Next year
90%Feb 13Next year

The 10% date is earlier in fall than the median: a more cautious harvest-planning reference.

These percentages are conditional on a cold season containing a 32°F freeze; they are not probabilities across all years. They describe historical climate, not this season’s forecast. The spring and fall probability directions are intentionally different. A garden can be warmer or colder than the reference station.

Check the wider picture

Nearby station comparisons

Differences can signal exposure, elevation, location or data-quality effects.

NOAA referenceDistanceConditional spring medianConditional fall medianStatus
San Francisco Oceanside2.9 miDec 30 (prior year)Dec 25Infrequent freezing; conditional dates
San Francisco Dwtn5.2 miNot supportedNot supportedNo modeled annual freeze occurrence
Pacifica 4 Sse7.6 miJan 11Jan 10 (next year)Infrequent freezing; conditional dates

Available alternative-station median spread: spring not comparable; fall not comparable. This is a comparison of source references, not a measure of garden uncertainty.

Date probabilities apply among cold seasons with a 32°F freeze, not all years. Check each station’s annual occurrence and quality before comparing.

Know the geography

A traceable place.

Official Census name
Daly City city
Census GEOID
0617918
Published internal point
37.7017, -122.4650
Land area
19.8 km²
Water area
0.0 km²

The published point is inside the Census geography. It is not your address and does not represent every neighborhood or elevation within the place.

Original Census Gazetteer
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