Lincoln City, OR 97368 Frost Dates
Lincoln City, OR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 227 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lincoln City 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
With roughly 11 weeks until Lincoln City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lincoln City against the rest of the dataset
About 227 days separate Lincoln City's last and first frost, putting it 11,002 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 150 of 463.
Learn more
Before leaning on 97368's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lincoln City's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lincoln City can differ from the 97368 normal.