Granada, MN 56039 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Granada, MN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/25, roughly 240 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 171 frost-free days later.
Granada sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Granada before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/25 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. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Granada compares
About 171 days separate Granada's last and first frost, putting it 28,808 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 79 of 943.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Granada can differ from the 56039 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Granada's frost date answer different questions.