Banks, OR 97125 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Banks, OR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 192 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Banks, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Banks before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Banks's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Banks compares
About 192 days separate Banks's last and first frost, putting it 20,398 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 275 of 463.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Banks's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Banks can differ from the 97125 normal.