Eagle Lake, MN 56024 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eagle Lake, MN, ZIP 56024
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 161 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake 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.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eagle Lake compares
At roughly 161 frost-free days, Eagle Lake places 32,048 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 201 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Eagle Lake's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Eagle Lake can differ from the 56024 normal.