Beaverton, OR 97005 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Beaverton, OR?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/11, about 167 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 303 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Beaverton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in Beaverton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 02/11 isn't a guarantee
02/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Beaverton compares
At roughly 303 frost-free days, Beaverton places 3,769 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OR, it ranks 16 of 463.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Beaverton can differ from the 97005 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Beaverton's frost date answer different questions.