Shelton, WA 98584 Frost Dates
Shelton, WA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shelton in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 7 weeks until Shelton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Shelton's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Shelton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 175 frost-free days, Shelton places 26,804 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WA, it ranks 470 of 700.
Learn more
Before leaning on 98584's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Shelton can differ from the 98584 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Shelton's frost date answer different questions.