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Broccoli
in San Diego.

Match the crop to your conditions. Start with the seasonal picture, then choose a planting date with local advice.

San Diego, CA 92135

Plan a planting check
Broccoli
Postal area92135
Planting methodSeed or transplant
Cold responseFrost tolerant

Your seasonal context

Understand the place before the date.

The 92135 area uses a representative location near 32.715°, -117.157°. In the nearby historical climate grid, August is the warmest month on average (23.1°C), while December is the coolest (12.2°C). February has the highest mean daily precipitation (1.96 mm).

No monthly mean in this grid is below freezing. Individual cold nights can still occur; this does not establish a frost-free season. Broccoli tolerate some cold, but variety, plant age and exposure still matter. A monthly average cannot identify a safe planting day.

Light at your latitude

At 32.715° N, the length of the day changes independently of temperature. Compare the middle of three seasons when planning your garden.

March 1511.8 hours
June 1514.1 hours
December 159.9 hours

Geometric daylight estimate from latitude and solar declination, rounded to 0.1 hour. This is time above a flat horizon, excluding atmospheric refraction, hills, buildings and cloud cover. It is not the direct-sun exposure of your bed. About solar-position calculations.

Historical monthly climate near 92135 · 2001–2020
MonthMean air temperatureMean precipitation / day
January12.4°C (54°F)1.32 mm
February12.5°C (54°F)1.96 mm
March13.8°C (57°F)0.94 mm
April14.8°C (59°F)0.58 mm
May16.6°C (62°F)0.24 mm
June19.1°C (66°F)0.46 mm
July22.5°C (73°F)0.13 mm
August23.1°C (74°F)0.13 mm
September22.4°C (72°F)0.19 mm
October19.1°C (66°F)0.47 mm
November15.6°C (60°F)0.83 mm
December12.2°C (54°F)1.65 mm

NASA POWER regional grid, 0.5° latitude × 0.625° longitude. Grid center 32.500°, -116.875°. Monthly mean air temperature is neither a nightly low nor soil temperature. Rainfall averages do not set a watering schedule. Open the climate source.

Compare nearby places

Broccoli around 92135

Explore the closest listed postal areas by straight-line distance between their representative coordinates. A nearby garden may still have different soil, shelter or elevation.

Nearby areas · historical January and July mean air temperature
Postal areaDistanceJanJul
San Diego92135 · this area—12.4°C22.5°C
San DiegoCA 921120.0 km12.4°C22.5°C
San DiegoCA 921380.0 km12.4°C22.5°C
San DiegoCA 921420.0 km12.4°C22.5°C
San DiegoCA 921470.0 km12.4°C22.5°C
San DiegoCA 921490.0 km12.4°C22.5°C
San DiegoCA 921500.0 km12.4°C22.5°C

Distances use GeoNames representative postal coordinates, which may be estimated; they are not driving distances. Nearby areas often share one NASA POWER grid cell, so identical climate values are expected. Differences shown here describe the climate grids, not a measured difference between individual gardens.

The growing checklist

Give broccoli a considered start.

Check new transplants for moisture and leave space according to the variety label. Record whether you sowed seed or set out a plant so later observations have context.

  1. Choose a variety suited to your available space and compare its days to maturity with local seasonal guidance.
  2. Decide whether you are sowing seed or setting out a transplant; these are different starting stages.
  3. Check the variety’s temperature guidance. Cold tolerance does not mean every seedling survives a freeze.
  4. Inspect soil moisture and drainage in the actual bed. Regional rainfall averages cannot tell you whether roots need water today.

Read University of Minnesota Extension vegetable guidance. Its crop-care principles are useful here; its Minnesota planting dates are not applied to California.

One small next step

Make a date to check your garden.

Choose your own reminder date after checking local advice. This is a personal planning prompt, not a calculated planting recommendation.

An .ics file works with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Outlook. Your chosen date stays in your browser until you download it.

What this postal area includes

San Diego.

A ZIP area is a postal geography, not a neighborhood or municipal boundary. Place names may include multiple communities. The representative coordinates may be estimated. Nearby gardens can differ in elevation, shelter, slope and soil.

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