Malin, OR 97632 Frost Dates
97632, near Malin, OR: the frost window
Around 06/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 282 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/14, roughly 97 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Malin, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Malin's growing season runs out in roughly 2 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 06/06 isn't a guarantee
06/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Malin against the rest of the dataset
Malin's growing season runs about 97 days, ranking 39,781 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OR, it ranks 428 of 463.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 97632: local microclimates, on what one yard in Malin can differ from the 97632 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6b and Malin's frost date answer different questions.