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Lincoln City, OR 97367 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Lincoln City, OR, ZIP 97367

Zone 9a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. 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

Zone 9a around Lincoln City has about 11 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.

Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee

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

About 227 days separate Lincoln City's last and first frost, putting it 11,001 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 149 of 463.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Lincoln City's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lincoln City's dates instead of trusting one.