Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Inver Grove Heights, MN?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 174 frost-free days later.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 Inver Grove Heights, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Inver Grove Heights before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Inver Grove Heights's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Inver Grove Heights compares
About 174 days separate Inver Grove Heights's last and first frost, putting it 27,340 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 67 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Inver Grove Heights's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Inver Grove Heights can differ from the 55077 normal.