Beaverton, OR 97221 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Beaverton, OR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/11, roughly 167 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 303 frost-free days later.
Beaverton sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 14 weeks of growing season left in Beaverton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Beaverton's last frost
02/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Beaverton compares
Beaverton's growing season runs about 303 days, ranking 3,773 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OR, it ranks 20 of 463.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Beaverton can differ from the 97221 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Beaverton's frost date answer different questions.