Gold Hill, OR 97525 Frost Dates
Gold Hill, OR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gold Hill in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Gold Hill's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gold Hill against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Gold Hill places 16,665 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OR, it ranks 218 of 463.
Learn more
Before leaning on 97525's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Gold Hill's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Gold Hill can differ from the 97525 normal.