Nerstrand, MN 55053 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Nerstrand, MN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 152 frost-free days later.
Zone 4b (-25 to -20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Nerstrand, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Nerstrand before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Nerstrand's last frost
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nerstrand compares
About 152 days separate Nerstrand's last and first frost, putting it 34,885 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 466 of 943.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Nerstrand can differ from the 55053 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4b and Nerstrand's frost date answer different questions.