Talent, OR 97540 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Talent, OR, ZIP 97540
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 204 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Talent in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Talent 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.
The actual range around Talent's last frost
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 Talent compares
About 204 days separate Talent's last and first frost, putting it 16,563 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 216 of 463.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Talent's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Talent's dates instead of trusting one.