Kandiyohi, MN 56251 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kandiyohi, MN?
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 159 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kandiyohi 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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Kandiyohi before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kandiyohi's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kandiyohi compares
At roughly 159 frost-free days, Kandiyohi places 32,727 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 267 of 943.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4b and Kandiyohi's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Kandiyohi's dates instead of trusting one.