Bovey, MN 55722 Frost Dates
Bovey, MN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/17, about 262 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/24, roughly 130 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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 Bovey, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Bovey's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Bovey's last frost
05/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bovey against the rest of the dataset
About 130 days separate Bovey's last and first frost, putting it 38,397 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 847 of 943.
Learn more
Before leaning on 55722's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Bovey's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Bovey can differ from the 55722 normal.