Lake Park, IA 51347 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Park, IA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 164 frost-free days later.
Lake Park sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Lake Park before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lake Park's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 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 Lake Park compares
About 164 days separate Lake Park's last and first frost, putting it 31,041 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IA, it ranks 599 of 1,042.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Lake Park's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Lake Park can differ from the 51347 normal.