Albert Lea, MN 56007 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albert Lea, MN, ZIP 56007
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 164 frost-free days later.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 Albert Lea, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Albert Lea has about 6 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 Albert Lea's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albert Lea compares
At roughly 164 frost-free days, Albert Lea places 30,861 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 115 of 943.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Albert Lea can differ from the 56007 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Albert Lea's frost date answer different questions.