North St. Paul, MN 55083 Frost Dates
Frost dates for North St. Paul, MN, ZIP 55083
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 166 frost-free days later.
North St. Paul sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 5a around North St. Paul has about 6 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.
The actual range around North St. Paul's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How North St. Paul compares
North St. Paul's growing season runs about 166 days, ranking 30,307 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MN, it ranks 102 of 943.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in North St. Paul can differ from the 55083 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and North St. Paul's frost date answer different questions.