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Spokane, WA 99215 Frost Dates

Spokane, WA: when does the frost end?

Zone 7a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 168 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Spokane in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 6 weeks until Spokane's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

The actual range around Spokane's last frost

04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Spokane against the rest of the dataset

Spokane's growing season runs about 168 days, ranking 29,646 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WA, it ranks 535 of 700.

Learn more

Before leaning on 99215's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Spokane's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Spokane's dates instead of trusting one.