When to plant in Mount Hood Village, OR

Planting dates worked out from Mount Hood Village's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

May 5

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 16

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 31

1 year in 10 by Oct 13

Frost-free days

200

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Three Lynx · 26.8 km away · station 341 m, town 376 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Mar 21 – Apr 4	May 16 – May 30	Jul 10
Sweet pepper	Mar 7 – Mar 21	May 16 – May 30	Jul 15
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 12 – Feb 19	Mar 19 – Apr 2	Apr 28
Peas	—	Mar 17 – Apr 14	May 11
Bush beans	—	May 6 – May 27	Jun 25
Carrot	—	Apr 11 – May 23	Jun 10
Beet	—	Apr 11 – May 23	May 31
Potato	—	Apr 11 – May 2	Jun 20
Kale	Feb 10 – Feb 24	Mar 24 – Apr 7	May 6
Broccoli	Feb 5 – Feb 19	Mar 19 – Apr 9	May 18
Cucumber	Apr 18 – Apr 25	May 16 – May 30	Jul 5
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 18 – Apr 25	May 16 – May 30	Jun 30
Winter squash	Apr 18 – Apr 25	May 16 – May 30	Aug 4
Sweet corn	—	May 6 – May 27	Jul 5
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 19 – Apr 9	Jun 17
Garlic	—	Oct 3 – Oct 31 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 17 – Apr 14	Apr 24
Basil	Apr 4 – Apr 18	May 16 – May 30	Jul 12

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Mount Hood Village's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1925	May 26
1926	Mar 27
1927	Apr 20
1928	Apr 2
1929	Apr 9
1930	Apr 2
1931	Apr 19
1932	Mar 11
1933	May 4
1934	Mar 8
1935	Apr 10
1936	Apr 6
1937	May 5
1938	Apr 2
1939	Apr 5
1940	Apr 20
1941	Mar 16
1943	Mar 22
1944	Mar 30
1945	Apr 5
1946	Apr 8
1947	Mar 2
1948	Apr 27
1949	Apr 13
1950	Apr 30
1951	Apr 24
1952	May 5
1953	Apr 7
1954	May 1
1955	Apr 27
1956	Apr 7
1957	Mar 27
1958	Mar 19
1959	Apr 14
1960	Apr 10
1961	Apr 7
1962	Mar 30
1963	Apr 1
1964	May 14
1965	Apr 8
1966	Apr 26
1967	Apr 14
1968	Apr 22
1969	Apr 8
1970	Apr 17
1971	Apr 12
1972	Apr 22
1973	May 1
1974	Apr 14
1975	May 25
1976	Apr 16
1977	Apr 20
1978	Apr 16
1979	Apr 20
1980	Apr 11
1981	May 6
1982	May 5
1983	Apr 15
1984	Apr 28
1985	May 13
1986	Apr 30
1987	Apr 20
1988	Mar 27
1989	Mar 20
1990	Apr 10
1991	Apr 10
1992	Mar 28
1993	Mar 7
1994	Apr 5
1995	Apr 22
1996	May 9
1997	Apr 12
1998	Apr 9
1999	Apr 15
2000	Mar 31
2001	May 6
2002	May 4
2003	May 20
2004	Apr 3
2005	Apr 15
2007	May 4
2008	Apr 22
2009	Apr 5
2010	Apr 10
2011	May 2
2012	Apr 8
2013	May 2
2014	Apr 18
2015	Apr 16
2017	Mar 8
2018	Apr 23
2019	May 1
2020	Apr 13
2021	Apr 12
2023	Apr 5
2024	Mar 8
2025	Apr 17
2026	Mar 27

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1925	139
1926	251
1927	194
1928	192
1929	211
1930	192
1931	210
1932	243
1933	185
1934	200
1935	195
1936	209
1937	209
1938	197
1939	213
1940	206
1941	246
1943	223
1944	227
1945	195
1946	190
1947	263
1948	183
1949	188
1950	153
1951	188
1952	180
1953	210
1954	177
1955	198
1956	225
1957	219
1958	240
1959	205
1960	225
1961	205
1962	232
1963	232
1964	164
1965	161
1966	174
1967	229
1968	192
1969	188
1970	148
1971	187
1972	157
1973	184
1974	173
1975	168
1976	210
1977	197
1978	192
1979	195
1980	193
1981	160
1982	187
1983	166
1984	171
1985	148
1986	193
1987	179
1988	241
1989	198
1990	180
1991	201
1992	200
1993	242
1994	190
1995	191
1998	204
1999	200
2000	224
2001	164
2002	172
2003	163
2004	214
2005	207
2007	171
2008	172
2009	183
2010	221
2011	176
2012	216
2013	179
2014	207
2015	219
2017	271
2018	199
2019	153
2021	222
2023	202
2024	256
2025	181

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1925	15.3 °C
1926	16.5 °C
1927	14.7 °C
1928	15.3 °C
1929	15.0 °C
1930	15.3 °C
1931	16.1 °C
1932	15.1 °C
1933	14.2 °C
1934	16.5 °C
1935	15.9 °C
1936	16.0 °C
1937	15.0 °C
1938	16.2 °C
1939	16.2 °C
1940	15.9 °C
1941	15.2 °C
1943	14.4 °C
1944	14.7 °C
1945	14.5 °C
1946	14.7 °C
1947	15.0 °C
1948	13.9 °C
1949	14.7 °C
1950	14.3 °C
1951	15.2 °C
1952	15.1 °C
1953	14.1 °C
1954	13.2 °C
1955	13.1 °C
1956	14.9 °C
1957	14.9 °C
1958	16.5 °C
1959	14.3 °C
1960	14.4 °C
1961	15.0 °C
1962	14.0 °C
1963	14.1 °C
1964	13.1 °C
1965	14.2 °C
1966	14.4 °C
1967	15.4 °C
1968	14.3 °C
1969	14.8 °C
1970	14.1 °C
1971	14.1 °C
1972	14.4 °C
1973	14.6 °C
1974	14.5 °C
1975	13.8 °C
1976	14.2 °C
1977	14.3 °C
1978	14.2 °C
1979	14.8 °C
1980	13.9 °C
1981	14.6 °C
1982	14.2 °C
1983	13.9 °C
1984	13.6 °C
1985	14.6 °C
1986	14.5 °C
1987	15.2 °C
1988	14.3 °C
1989	14.5 °C
1990	15.3 °C
1991	14.1 °C
1992	15.7 °C
1993	14.1 °C
1994	15.1 °C
1995	14.4 °C
1997	14.6 °C
1998	14.9 °C
1999	13.7 °C
2000	14.4 °C
2001	14.1 °C
2002	14.4 °C
2003	15.0 °C
2004	15.2 °C
2005	14.4 °C
2007	14.3 °C
2008	13.7 °C
2009	15.1 °C
2010	13.6 °C
2011	13.3 °C
2012	14.2 °C
2013	15.3 °C
2014	15.2 °C
2015	15.8 °C
2017	15.8 °C
2018	15.5 °C
2019	14.9 °C
2021	16.8 °C
2022	16.1 °C
2023	16.3 °C
2024	15.4 °C
2025	15.9 °C
2026	15.6 °C

What this means for you: Since 1925, Mount Hood Village's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Three Lynx (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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