Vancouver, WA 98662 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Vancouver, WA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 177 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Vancouver, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Vancouver before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Vancouver's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vancouver compares
About 177 days separate Vancouver's last and first frost, putting it 25,961 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 454 of 700.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Vancouver can differ from the 98662 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Vancouver's frost date answer different questions.