Estacada, OR 97269 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Estacada, OR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/27, roughly 211 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 230 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 Estacada, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Estacada before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/27 isn't a guarantee
03/27 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. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Estacada compares
About 230 days separate Estacada's last and first frost, putting it 10,387 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 146 of 463.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Estacada's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Estacada's dates instead of trusting one.