Latimer, IA 50452 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Latimer, IA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/28, roughly 243 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 164 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Latimer in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Latimer before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Latimer's last frost
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Latimer compares
At roughly 164 frost-free days, Latimer places 31,133 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IA, it ranks 620 of 1,042.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Latimer's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Latimer can differ from the 50452 normal.