Your nature year
Grants Pass, Oregonthrough the year
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Grants Pass?
Spring green-up reaches town around Feb 17, with first blooms around Apr 4. Spring takes about 7 weeks to go from leaf to bloom. Frost usually lets go around Apr 8 and comes back around Oct 28, according to the nearest NOAA station, Grants Pass: roughly 203 days without it. The closest place we follow is Mount Shasta, 94 miles away, for fall foliage, usually well under way by late October (statewide). Lava Beds (104 mi) is the pick for wildflowers, Mar 1–Sep 30 (local timing). Within 150 miles we follow 4 places, out to McKenzie Pass 134 miles to the northeast. Across Oregon, fall color is usually well under way by late October.
Updated Sep 28. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Grants Pass's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~Apr 8 to ~Oct 28
- First leaf ~Feb 17
- First bloom ~Apr 4
- Fall color under way ~Oct 25 (OR)
- Today
Near Grants Pass right now
- Fall color is usually well under way by late October in OregonStatewide · USA-NPN volunteer observations, 2020–2025 · not a forecast~4 weeks
- First fall frost usually around Oct 28 · last spring frost around Apr 8NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Grants Pass (0.8 mi, 50% dates)~4 weeks
- Lava Beds · 104 mi · Local timing: Mar 1–Sep 30Wildflowers · in its window now
- Fall foliage · Mount Shasta · 94 miStatewide: usually well under way by late October~4 weeks
Grants Pass's nature year
- Spring green-upFeb
- Wildflowers · Lava BedsNowMar–Sep
- Last spring frostApr
- Fall color (OR)Oct
- First fall frostOct
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- Mount Shasta · 94 miStatewide: usually well under way by late October~4 weeks
- McKenzie Pass · 134 miStatewide: usually well under way by late October~3 weeks
Wildflowers
- Lava Beds · 104 miLocal timing: Mar 1–Sep 30
- Whiskeytown · 131 miLocal timing: Apr 1–Aug 31~6 months
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
Apr 8
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 28
About 203 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Feb 17
First bloom around Apr 4
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Grants Pass (0.8 mi from Grants Pass), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Grants Pass?
On average around Oct 28, and the last spring frost around Apr 8: about 203 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Grants Pass, 0.8 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Grants Pass?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Feb 17 and first bloom around Apr 4, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Grants Pass?
Mount Shasta, 94 miles (statewide: usually well under way by late October); McKenzie Pass, 134 miles (statewide: usually well under way by late October). Distances are straight-line.
Where can I see wildflowers near Grants Pass?
Lava Beds, 104 miles (local timing: Mar 1–Sep 30); Whiskeytown, 131 miles (local timing: Apr 1–Aug 31). Distances are straight-line.
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, colored leaves observations (opens in a new tab) (Sep 28)