Edina, MN 55435 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Edina, MN?
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 176 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 Edina, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Edina before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Edina's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 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 Edina compares
About 176 days separate Edina's last and first frost, putting it 26,358 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 34 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Edina's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Edina can differ from the 55435 normal.