Garfield, MN 56332 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Garfield, MN, ZIP 56332
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 159 frost-free days later.
Garfield 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 4b around Garfield has about 6 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 Garfield's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Garfield compares
At roughly 159 frost-free days, Garfield places 32,753 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 274 of 943.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Garfield can differ from the 56332 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Garfield's frost date answer different questions.