Buhl, MN 55713 Frost Dates
55713, near Buhl, MN: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 06/05, about 281 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/08, roughly 93 days after the last spring frost.
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 Buhl, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Buhl's growing season runs out in roughly 2 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
06/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Buhl against the rest of the dataset
Buhl's growing season runs about 93 days, ranking 39,872 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MN, it ranks 929 of 943.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 55713: the frost range, on how to read the range around Buhl's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Buhl can differ from the 55713 normal.