Fife, WA 98443 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fife, WA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/08, about 192 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 250 frost-free days later.
Fife 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 11 weeks of growing season left in Fife 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
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fife compares
At roughly 250 frost-free days, Fife places 7,509 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WA, it ranks 121 of 700.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Fife's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Fife can differ from the 98443 normal.