FrostDateCheck

Cannon Beach, OR 97110 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Cannon Beach, OR?

Zone 9a

Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 223 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 Cannon Beach, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Cannon Beach before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Cannon Beach compares

At roughly 223 frost-free days, Cannon Beach places 12,077 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OR, it ranks 164 of 463.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Cannon Beach's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cannon Beach can differ from the 97110 normal.