Forks, WA 98305 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Forks, WA, ZIP 98305
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 182 frost-free days later.
Forks 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
Zone 8b around Forks has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Forks's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Forks compares
At roughly 182 frost-free days, Forks places 24,154 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WA, it ranks 425 of 700.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Forks's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Forks can differ from the 98305 normal.