Creswell, OR 97426 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Creswell, OR?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 183 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 Creswell, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Creswell before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Creswell's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Creswell compares
About 183 days separate Creswell's last and first frost, putting it 23,834 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 295 of 463.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Creswell's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Creswell's dates instead of trusting one.