Veneta, OR 97419 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Veneta, OR?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 196 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Veneta, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Veneta before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Veneta's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Veneta compares
About 196 days separate Veneta's last and first frost, putting it 18,957 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 249 of 463.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Veneta's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Veneta can differ from the 97419 normal.