Veneta, OR 97461 Frost Dates
Veneta, OR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 189 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Veneta'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
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Veneta against the rest of the dataset
Veneta's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,539 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OR, it ranks 287 of 463.
Learn more
Before leaning on 97461's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Veneta can differ from the 97461 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Veneta's frost date answer different questions.