Buckley, WA 98321 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Buckley, WA, ZIP 98321
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 204 frost-free days later.
Buckley 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 Buckley has about 9 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 Buckley's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Buckley compares
Buckley's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,568 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WA, it ranks 282 of 700.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Buckley's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Buckley's dates instead of trusting one.