Hunts Point, WA 98105 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hunts Point, WA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/08, roughly 192 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/23, about 259 frost-free days later.
Hunts Point sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 12 weeks of growing season left in Hunts Point before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hunts Point compares
About 259 days separate Hunts Point's last and first frost, putting it 6,605 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 50 of 700.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Hunts Point's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Hunts Point's dates instead of trusting one.