Woodland, WA 98674 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Woodland, WA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 201 frost-free days later.
Woodland sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Woodland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodland compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Woodland places 17,495 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WA, it ranks 315 of 700.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Woodland can differ from the 98674 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Woodland's frost date answer different questions.