Ellendale, MN 56046 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ellendale, MN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 154 frost-free days later.
Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 Ellendale, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Ellendale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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 34,398 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 395 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ellendale's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ellendale can differ from the 56046 normal.