New Richland, MN 56072 Frost Dates
New Richland, MN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/04, roughly 155 days after the last spring frost.
New Richland sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until New Richland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Richland against the rest of the dataset
New Richland's growing season runs about 155 days, ranking 34,033 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MN, it ranks 358 of 943.
Learn more
Before leaning on 56072's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around New Richland's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in New Richland can differ from the 56072 normal.