Camas, WA 98683 Frost Dates
Camas, WA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 247 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Camas 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 12 weeks until Camas's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Camas against the rest of the dataset
About 247 days separate Camas's last and first frost, putting it 7,790 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 148 of 700.
Learn more
Before leaning on 98683's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Camas's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Camas can differ from the 98683 normal.