North Bend, WA 98191 Frost Dates
North Bend, WA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 193 days after the last spring frost.
North Bend 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until North Bend's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
North Bend against the rest of the dataset
North Bend's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 19,820 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WA, it ranks 388 of 700.
Learn more
Before leaning on 98191's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in North Bend can differ from the 98191 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and North Bend's frost date answer different questions.