Hines, OR 97736 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hines, OR, ZIP 97736
Around 05/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 255 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 145 frost-free days later.
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 Hines, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Hines has about 6 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
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hines compares
About 145 days separate Hines's last and first frost, putting it 36,221 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 364 of 463.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hines's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hines can differ from the 97736 normal.