Vesta, MN 56292 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vesta, MN, ZIP 56292
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 150 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Vesta 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
Zone 4b around Vesta has about 5 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Vesta's last frost
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vesta compares
Vesta's growing season runs about 150 days, ranking 35,414 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MN, it ranks 541 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Vesta's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Vesta can differ from the 56292 normal.