Oakridge, OR 97463 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oakridge, OR?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/03, about 218 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 220 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Oakridge in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Oakridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Oakridge's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oakridge compares
At roughly 220 frost-free days, Oakridge places 12,813 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OR, it ranks 173 of 463.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Oakridge can differ from the 97463 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Oakridge's frost date answer different questions.