Center Point, IA 52213 Frost Dates
52213, near Center Point, IA: the frost window
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 166 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Center Point in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Center Point's growing season runs out in roughly 6 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Center Point against the rest of the dataset
Center Point's growing season runs about 166 days, ranking 30,379 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IA, it ranks 458 of 1,042.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 52213: the frost range, on how to read the range around Center Point's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Center Point can differ from the 52213 normal.