Goldendale, WA 98628 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Goldendale, WA, ZIP 98628
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 197 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Goldendale, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Goldendale has about 8 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 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Goldendale compares
About 197 days separate Goldendale's last and first frost, putting it 18,680 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 336 of 700.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Goldendale's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Goldendale can differ from the 98628 normal.