Shady Cove, OR 97484 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Shady Cove, OR, ZIP 97484
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 171 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 Shady Cove, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Shady Cove has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shady Cove compares
Shady Cove's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,656 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OR, it ranks 313 of 463.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Shady Cove's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Shady Cove can differ from the 97484 normal.