Babbitt, MN 55706 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Babbitt, MN, ZIP 55706
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/28, about 273 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/14, about 108 frost-free days later.
Zone 3b (-35 to -30°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 Babbitt, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 3b around Babbitt has about 2 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 Babbitt's last frost
05/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Babbitt compares
At roughly 108 frost-free days, Babbitt places 39,541 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 915 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Babbitt's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Babbitt can differ from the 55706 normal.