Carbonado, WA 98464 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Carbonado, WA, ZIP 98464
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 202 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carbonado 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
Zone 8b around Carbonado 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.
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 Carbonado compares
About 202 days separate Carbonado's last and first frost, putting it 17,309 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 310 of 700.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Carbonado can differ from the 98464 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Carbonado's frost date answer different questions.