Gates, OR 97346 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gates, OR, ZIP 97346
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/09, about 193 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 270 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gates in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Gates has about 14 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gates compares
Gates's growing season runs about 270 days, ranking 5,622 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OR, it ranks 39 of 463.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Gates's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Gates's dates instead of trusting one.