Estacada, OR 97036 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Estacada, OR, ZIP 97036
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/27, about 211 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 230 frost-free days later.
Estacada sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Estacada has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Estacada's last frost
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Estacada compares
Estacada's growing season runs about 230 days, ranking 10,385 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OR, it ranks 144 of 463.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Estacada's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Estacada can differ from the 97036 normal.