Albion, WA 99102 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albion, WA, ZIP 99102
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/02, about 159 frost-free days later.
Albion sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Albion has about 5 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.
The actual range around Albion's last frost
04/29 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. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albion compares
At roughly 159 frost-free days, Albion places 32,729 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WA, it ranks 577 of 700.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Albion can differ from the 99102 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Albion's frost date answer different questions.