Echo, OR 97826 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Echo, OR?
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 167 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Echo, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Echo before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Echo compares
About 167 days separate Echo's last and first frost, putting it 30,129 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 323 of 463.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Echo's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Echo can differ from the 97826 normal.