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Tomatoes
in Challenge.

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

Challenge, CA 95925

Plan a planting check
Tomatoes
Postal area95925
Planting methodTransplant
Cold responseFrost sensitive

Your seasonal context

Understand the place before the date.

The 95925 area uses a representative location near 39.468°, -121.194°. In the nearby historical climate grid, July is the warmest month on average (25.8°C), while December is the coolest (5.3°C). December has the highest mean daily precipitation (6.02 mm).

No monthly mean in this grid is below freezing. Individual cold nights can still occur; this does not establish a frost-free season. Tomatoes are frost sensitive: confirm local frost guidance and suitable soil conditions before sowing or transplanting.

Light at your latitude

At 39.468° N, the length of the day changes independently of temperature. Compare the middle of three seasons when planning your garden.

March 1511.7 hours
June 1514.8 hours
December 159.2 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 95925 · 2001–2020
MonthMean air temperatureMean precipitation / day
January5.7°C (42°F)4.48 mm
February6.4°C (44°F)5.16 mm
March8.5°C (47°F)4.29 mm
April10.9°C (52°F)2.35 mm
May15.6°C (60°F)1.30 mm
June21.1°C (70°F)0.36 mm
July25.8°C (78°F)0.03 mm
August24.9°C (77°F)0.06 mm
September21.8°C (71°F)0.26 mm
October15.8°C (60°F)1.51 mm
November9.4°C (49°F)3.17 mm
December5.3°C (42°F)6.02 mm

NASA POWER regional grid, 0.5° latitude × 0.625° longitude. Grid center 39.500°, -121.250°. 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

Tomatoes around 95925

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
Challenge95925 · this area—5.7°C25.8°C
BrownsvilleCA 959196.1 km5.7°C25.8°C
ForbestownCA 959417.2 km5.7°C25.8°C
Clipper MillsCA 959307.8 km5.7°C25.8°C
DobbinsCA 9593511.7 km5.7°C25.8°C
RackerbyCA 9597212.3 km5.7°C25.8°C
CamptonvilleCA 9592212.6 km5.7°C25.8°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 tomatoes a considered start.

Check the root ball while the plant settles in. Keep moisture consistent without leaving the roots in saturated soil, and put supports in place while plants are small.

  1. Choose a variety suited to your available space and compare its days to maturity with local seasonal guidance.
  2. Harden off established transplants before planting outdoors.
  3. Confirm a suitable frost-free window with your local forecast and gardening adviser.
  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

Challenge.

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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