Vancouver, WA 98684 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Vancouver, WA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 247 frost-free days later.
Vancouver 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 12 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
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vancouver compares
About 247 days separate Vancouver's last and first frost, putting it 7,767 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WA, it ranks 143 of 700.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Vancouver's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Vancouver's dates instead of trusting one.