Vale, OR 97906 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Vale, OR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 147 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 Vale, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Vale 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
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vale compares
About 147 days separate Vale's last and first frost, putting it 35,918 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OR, it ranks 350 of 463.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Vale's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Vale can differ from the 97906 normal.