Lakewood, WA 98444 Frost Dates
Lakewood, WA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 192 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 250 days after the last spring frost.
Lakewood 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Lakewood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/08 isn't a guarantee
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lakewood against the rest of the dataset
About 250 days separate Lakewood's last and first frost, putting it 7,444 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 88 of 700.
Learn more
Before leaning on 98444's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Lakewood can differ from the 98444 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Lakewood's frost date answer different questions.