Depoe Bay, OR 97341 Frost Dates
97341, near Depoe Bay, OR: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/10, roughly 271 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Depoe Bay in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Depoe Bay's growing season runs out in roughly 15 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/12 isn't a guarantee
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Depoe Bay against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 271 frost-free days, Depoe Bay places 5,452 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OR, it ranks 34 of 463.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 97341: the frost range, on how to read the range around Depoe Bay's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Depoe Bay can differ from the 97341 normal.