Ellendale, MN 56026 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ellendale, MN, ZIP 56026
Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 154 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ellendale in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 4b around Ellendale 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 Ellendale's last frost
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ellendale compares
About 154 days separate Ellendale's last and first frost, putting it 34,397 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 394 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Ellendale's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Ellendale can differ from the 56026 normal.