Hoquiam, WA 98526 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hoquiam, WA, ZIP 98526
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 214 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hoquiam 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 Hoquiam has about 11 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.
The actual range around Hoquiam's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hoquiam compares
At roughly 214 frost-free days, Hoquiam places 14,241 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WA, it ranks 262 of 700.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Hoquiam's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Hoquiam's dates instead of trusting one.