Right now
21°C / 69°F
Clear · wind 11 km/h · 68% RH
Soil (6 cm)
18°C / 65°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
8b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -8°C
Frost window
Apr 6 – Nov 19
~227 frost-free days · first frost in ~72 days
Sun
06:40 – 19:34
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Los_Angeles
Tue
Overcast
24° / 12°
dry
Wed
Overcast
29° / 14°
dry
Thu
Overcast
26° / 15°
dry
Fri
Overcast
21° / 12°
dry
Sat
Rain
17° / 13°
5.3 mm
Sun
Drizzle
22° / 13°
0.1 mm
Mon
Clear
25° / 12°
dry
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyPortland Gardening: Early September – Sow Cool-Season Crops, Extend Fall Harvests. Portland-Area Fishing: Early Fall on the Willamette and Coastal Streams. Fall Foraging in Portland: September.
Gardening
Portland Gardening: Early September – Sow Cool-Season Crops, Extend Fall Harvests
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Space or Bloomsdale)
- Arugula (Roquette)
- Mâche (Corn Salad)
- Radish (Cherry Belle or Watermelon)
Fishing
Portland-Area Fishing: Early Fall on the Willamette and Coastal Streams
What's biting
- Coho salmon
- Chinook salmon
- Steelhead
- Cutthroat trout
Foraging
Fall Foraging in Portland: September
In season now
- Pacific Crabapple
- Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium)
- Blackcap Raspberry (Rubus leucodermis)
- Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
Your ecological region
Pacific Maritime
Temperate rainforest from Alaska to Oregon: mild wet winters, dry summers and the richest mushroom country on the continent.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 8b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -8°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Portland every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.