Raymond, MN 56282 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Raymond, MN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 159 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 Raymond, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Raymond before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Raymond'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 Raymond compares
At roughly 159 frost-free days, Raymond places 32,708 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 264 of 943.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4b and Raymond's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Raymond's dates instead of trusting one.