Volga, IA 52077 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Volga, IA, ZIP 52077
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 146 frost-free days later.
Volga sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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
Zone 4b around Volga has about 5 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Volga compares
At roughly 146 frost-free days, Volga places 36,136 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IA, it ranks 1,035 of 1,042.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Volga's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Volga can differ from the 52077 normal.