Vale, OR 97918 Frost Dates
Vale, OR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. 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 Vale in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Vale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Vale's last frost
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.
Vale against the rest of the dataset
Vale's growing season runs about 140 days, ranking 37,062 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OR, it ranks 377 of 463.
Learn more
Before leaning on 97918's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Vale's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Vale's dates instead of trusting one.