When to plant in Mount Vista, WA

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

Safe to plant out

May 8

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 18

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 19

1 year in 10 by Sep 29

Frost-free days

182

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Vancouver 4 Nne · 6.5 km away · station 67 m, town 75 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 13 – Mar 27	May 8 – May 22	Jul 2
Sweet pepper	Feb 27 – Mar 13	May 8 – May 22	Jul 7
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 14 – Feb 21	Mar 21 – Apr 4	Apr 30
Peas	—	Mar 7 – Apr 4	May 1
Bush beans	—	May 1 – May 22	Jun 20
Carrot	—	Mar 28 – May 9	May 27
Beet	—	Mar 22 – May 3	May 11
Potato	—	Mar 28 – Apr 18	Jun 6
Kale	Feb 7 – Feb 21	Mar 21 – Apr 4	May 3
Broccoli	Feb 7 – Feb 21	Mar 21 – Apr 11	May 20
Cucumber	Apr 10 – Apr 17	May 8 – May 22	Jun 27
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 10 – Apr 17	May 8 – May 22	Jun 22
Winter squash	Apr 10 – Apr 17	May 8 – May 22	Jul 27
Sweet corn	—	May 1 – May 22	Jun 30
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 21 – Apr 11	Jun 19
Garlic	—	Oct 5 – Nov 2 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 7 – Apr 4	Apr 14
Basil	Mar 27 – Apr 10	May 8 – May 22	Jul 4

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Mount Vista'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
1896	Apr 17
1897	Apr 2
1898	Apr 19
1899	Apr 23
1900	Apr 10
1901	Apr 24
1902	Apr 12
1903	Apr 15
1904	Apr 23
1905	Apr 10
1906	Apr 12
1907	Apr 29
1908	Apr 28
1909	Apr 21
1910	Apr 14
1911	Apr 17
1912	Apr 14
1913	Apr 23
1914	Apr 16
1915	Mar 2
1916	Mar 29
1917	Apr 22
1918	Apr 4
1919	Apr 8
1920	Mar 31
1921	Apr 7
1922	Mar 27
1923	Mar 25
1924	Apr 24
1925	Apr 7
1926	Mar 7
1927	Apr 20
1928	Apr 6
1929	Apr 5
1930	Mar 1
1931	Mar 14
1932	Mar 12
1933	Apr 10
1934	Apr 3
1935	Apr 9
1936	Apr 4
1937	Feb 19
1938	Apr 1
1939	Mar 27
1940	Feb 20
1941	Mar 14
1942	Mar 24
1943	Apr 22
1944	Mar 28
1945	Apr 2
1946	Mar 28
1947	Mar 6
1948	Mar 23
1949	Mar 31
1950	Apr 21
1952	Apr 8
1953	Apr 1
1954	May 1
1955	Apr 25
1956	Apr 6
1957	Mar 26
1958	Mar 16
1959	Mar 20
1960	Mar 12
1961	Jan 27
1962	Mar 28
1963	Apr 2
1964	Apr 18
1965	Apr 3
1966	Mar 22
1967	May 25
1968	May 2
1969	Apr 30
1970	Apr 26
1971	Apr 21
1972	Apr 30
1973	Apr 29
1974	Apr 13
1975	May 25
1976	Apr 21
1977	May 12
1978	May 6
1979	Apr 9
1980	Apr 11
1981	Apr 25
1982	Apr 29
1983	Apr 15
1984	May 24
1985	May 12
1986	Apr 30
1987	Apr 20
1988	Apr 8
1989	Mar 24
1990	Apr 9
1991	Apr 12
1992	Apr 24
1993	Mar 28
1994	Mar 26
1995	Apr 19
1996	Mar 30
1997	Apr 13
1998	Mar 31
1999	Apr 13
2000	Apr 24
2001	Apr 15
2002	May 8
2003	May 18
2004	Apr 24
2005	Mar 22
2007	Apr 20
2008	Apr 27
2009	May 8
2010	Apr 14
2011	May 4
2012	May 10
2013	Apr 30
2014	Mar 31
2015	Apr 16
2016	Mar 30
2017	Apr 15
2018	Apr 23
2019	May 1
2020	Apr 14
2021	Apr 13
2022	May 13
2023	Apr 20
2024	May 19
2026	Mar 27

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1896	202
1897	196
1898	203
1899	170
1900	174
1901	230
1902	220
1903	215
1904	223
1905	190
1906	219
1907	211
1908	148
1909	206
1910	194
1911	192
1912	224
1913	164
1914	214
1915	269
1916	188
1917	178
1918	236
1919	193
1920	214
1921	226
1922	220
1923	215
1924	168
1925	228
1926	271
1927	229
1928	197
1929	206
1930	267
1931	251
1932	242
1933	217
1934	245
1935	202
1936	211
1937	284
1938	223
1939	270
1940	264
1941	250
1942	231
1943	206
1944	230
1945	231
1946	213
1947	259
1948	217
1949	200
1950	205
1952	207
1953	214
1954	175
1955	199
1956	226
1957	222
1958	244
1959	223
1960	258
1961	274
1962	244
1963	231
1964	209
1965	235
1966	204
1967	160
1968	182
1969	166
1970	139
1971	178
1972	148
1973	156
1974	174
1975	170
1976	179
1977	174
1979	205
1980	187
1981	170
1982	172
1983	165
1984	150
1985	139
1986	164
1987	173
1988	201
1989	204
1990	180
1991	187
1992	173
1993	176
1994	198
1996	199
1997	190
1998	240
1999	166
2000	152
2001	205
2002	156
2003	165
2004	193
2007	187
2008	166
2009	150
2010	185
2011	173
2012	150
2013	181
2014	224
2015	201
2016	232
2017	182
2018	174
2019	151
2020	190
2021	180
2022	179
2023	190

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1896	14.7 °C
1897	15.8 °C
1898	15.6 °C
1899	14.3 °C
1900	15.1 °C
1901	14.3 °C
1902	14.7 °C
1903	15.5 °C
1904	16.4 °C
1905	16.7 °C
1906	17.2 °C
1907	16.2 °C
1908	15.6 °C
1909	15.4 °C
1910	16.1 °C
1911	15.3 °C
1912	16.1 °C
1913	16.1 °C
1914	16.4 °C
1915	16.6 °C
1916	15.2 °C
1917	15.6 °C
1918	16.4 °C
1919	15.8 °C
1920	15.2 °C
1921	15.5 °C
1922	16.0 °C
1923	16.3 °C
1924	16.4 °C
1925	16.5 °C
1926	16.9 °C
1927	15.8 °C
1928	16.3 °C
1929	16.1 °C
1930	16.6 °C
1931	17.4 °C
1932	16.8 °C
1933	15.8 °C
1934	17.4 °C
1935	16.9 °C
1936	17.3 °C
1937	16.4 °C
1938	17.2 °C
1939	17.0 °C
1940	17.8 °C
1941	17.1 °C
1942	16.9 °C
1943	16.6 °C
1944	16.5 °C
1945	16.3 °C
1946	16.5 °C
1947	16.7 °C
1948	15.8 °C
1949	17.1 °C
1950	16.5 °C
1952	16.8 °C
1953	15.9 °C
1954	15.0 °C
1955	14.8 °C
1956	16.6 °C
1957	16.8 °C
1958	18.0 °C
1959	16.1 °C
1960	16.1 °C
1961	16.9 °C
1962	16.0 °C
1963	16.0 °C
1964	14.8 °C
1965	16.4 °C
1966	15.6 °C
1967	15.7 °C
1968	14.8 °C
1969	15.5 °C
1970	14.5 °C
1971	14.6 °C
1972	14.9 °C
1973	14.6 °C
1974	14.6 °C
1975	13.8 °C
1976	13.5 °C
1977	14.6 °C
1979	15.0 °C
1980	14.4 °C
1981	14.7 °C
1982	14.5 °C
1983	14.5 °C
1984	14.2 °C
1985	14.8 °C
1986	15.2 °C
1987	15.9 °C
1988	15.0 °C
1989	15.6 °C
1990	16.2 °C
1991	15.0 °C
1992	16.5 °C
1993	15.6 °C
1994	16.3 °C
1996	15.4 °C
1997	16.3 °C
1998	16.3 °C
1999	15.1 °C
2000	15.9 °C
2001	15.1 °C
2002	15.5 °C
2003	16.4 °C
2004	16.7 °C
2007	15.5 °C
2008	14.9 °C
2009	16.1 °C
2010	14.9 °C
2011	14.7 °C
2012	15.6 °C
2013	15.8 °C
2014	16.2 °C
2015	16.2 °C
2016	15.6 °C
2017	16.0 °C
2018	15.8 °C
2019	15.6 °C
2020	15.6 °C
2021	16.2 °C
2022	15.4 °C
2023	16.5 °C

What this means for you: Since 1896, Mount Vista's last spring frost has come about 1 day later per decade, on average. The frost-free season has shrunk by about 4 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Vancouver 4 Nne (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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