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Braham, MN 55006 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Braham, MN?

Zone 4b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 153 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Braham in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 5 weeks of growing season left in Braham before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Braham's last frost

05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Braham compares

About 153 days separate Braham's last and first frost, putting it 34,551 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 413 of 943.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4b and Braham's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Braham's dates instead of trusting one.