North Bend, WA 98082 Frost Dates
When can you plant in North Bend, WA?
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts North Bend in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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
At roughly 193 frost-free days, North Bend places 19,805 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WA, it ranks 373 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 98082 normal.