Lincoln City, OR 97149 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lincoln City, OR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 227 frost-free days later.
Lincoln City 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Lincoln City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lincoln City's last frost
04/04 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. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lincoln City compares
At roughly 227 frost-free days, Lincoln City places 10,999 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OR, it ranks 147 of 463.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Lincoln City's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lincoln City's dates instead of trusting one.