Huntington, OR 97909 Frost Dates
Huntington, OR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/08, roughly 253 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/29, roughly 140 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Huntington in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Huntington'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
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Huntington against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 140 frost-free days, Huntington places 37,129 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OR, it ranks 378 of 463.
Learn more
Before leaning on 97909's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Huntington can differ from the 97909 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Huntington's frost date answer different questions.