Minneapolis, MN 55404 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Minneapolis, MN, ZIP 55404
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 175 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Minneapolis in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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
Zone 5a around Minneapolis has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Minneapolis compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, Minneapolis places 26,693 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 47 of 943.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Minneapolis can differ from the 55404 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Minneapolis's frost date answer different questions.