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North Bend, WA 98064 Frost Dates

When can you plant in North Bend, WA?

Zone 8b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 193 frost-free days later.

North Bend sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in North Bend before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around North Bend's last frost

04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How North Bend compares

North Bend's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 19,802 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WA, it ranks 370 of 700.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around North Bend's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in North Bend can differ from the 98064 normal.