Port Angeles, WA 98324 Frost Dates
Port Angeles, WA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 196 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 252 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Port Angeles in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Port Angeles'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
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Port Angeles against the rest of the dataset
About 252 days separate Port Angeles's last and first frost, putting it 7,205 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 74 of 700.
Learn more
Before leaning on 98324's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Port Angeles's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Port Angeles can differ from the 98324 normal.