Gold Bar, WA 98207 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gold Bar, WA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 192 frost-free days later.
Gold Bar 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Gold Bar 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
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gold Bar compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Gold Bar places 20,370 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WA, it ranks 394 of 700.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Gold Bar's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Gold Bar's dates instead of trusting one.