North Bend, WA 98073 Frost Dates
When can you plant in North Bend, WA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 193 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 North Bend, not a forecast for this year.
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
About 193 days separate North Bend's last and first frost, putting it 19,804 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 372 of 700.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in North Bend can differ from the 98073 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and North Bend's frost date answer different questions.