Meadowlands, MN 55717 Frost Dates
Meadowlands, MN: when does the frost end?
Around 05/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 272 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/20, roughly 115 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Meadowlands in Zone 4a (-30 to -25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 3 weeks until Meadowlands's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Meadowlands's last frost
05/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Meadowlands against the rest of the dataset
About 115 days separate Meadowlands's last and first frost, putting it 39,341 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 902 of 943.
Learn more
Before leaning on 55717's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Meadowlands can differ from the 55717 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Meadowlands's frost date answer different questions.