Puyallup, WA 98371 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Puyallup, WA?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 202 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Puyallup in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Puyallup 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
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Puyallup compares
About 202 days separate Puyallup's last and first frost, putting it 17,120 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 286 of 700.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Puyallup's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Puyallup can differ from the 98371 normal.