Baker City, OR 97814 Frost Dates
Baker City, OR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/25, about 270 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/15, roughly 111 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 Baker City, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 3 weeks until Baker City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Baker City against the rest of the dataset
Baker City's growing season runs about 111 days, ranking 39,452 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OR, it ranks 400 of 463.
Learn more
Before leaning on 97814's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Baker City's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Baker City can differ from the 97814 normal.