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Falcon Heights, MN 55104 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Falcon Heights, MN?

Zone 5a

Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 169 frost-free days later.

Falcon Heights 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

About 6 weeks of growing season left in Falcon Heights before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/25 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. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Falcon Heights compares

At roughly 169 frost-free days, Falcon Heights places 29,415 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 90 of 943.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Falcon Heights's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Falcon Heights can differ from the 55104 normal.