Emmons, MN 56029 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Emmons, MN, ZIP 56029
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. 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 Emmons, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Emmons 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 Emmons'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 Emmons compares
About 164 days separate Emmons's last and first frost, putting it 31,159 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 119 of 943.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Emmons's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Emmons's dates instead of trusting one.