Hokah, MN 55941 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hokah, MN, ZIP 55941
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 194 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hokah in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Hokah has about 9 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 Hokah's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hokah compares
About 194 days separate Hokah's last and first frost, putting it 19,576 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 2 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hokah's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hokah can differ from the 55941 normal.