Garibaldi, OR 97118 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Garibaldi, OR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/22, about 251 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Garibaldi in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Garibaldi before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Garibaldi's last frost
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Garibaldi compares
At roughly 251 frost-free days, Garibaldi places 7,383 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OR, it ranks 62 of 463.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Garibaldi's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Garibaldi's dates instead of trusting one.