Floodwood, MN 55736 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Floodwood, MN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/29, about 274 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/18, about 111 frost-free days later.
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 Floodwood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 3 weeks of growing season left in Floodwood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Floodwood's last frost
05/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Floodwood compares
At roughly 111 frost-free days, Floodwood places 39,472 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 908 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Floodwood's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Floodwood can differ from the 55736 normal.