Ocean Shores, WA 98562 Frost Dates
Ocean Shores, WA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 180 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ocean Shores in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Ocean Shores's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ocean Shores against the rest of the dataset
About 180 days separate Ocean Shores's last and first frost, putting it 24,829 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 437 of 700.
Learn more
Before leaning on 98562's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Ocean Shores's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Ocean Shores's dates instead of trusting one.