Central Point, OR 97502 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Central Point, OR, ZIP 97502
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 204 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Central Point 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
Zone 8b around Central Point has about 9 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
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Central Point compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Central Point places 16,529 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OR, it ranks 213 of 463.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Central Point's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Central Point's dates instead of trusting one.