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Pease, MN 56363 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Pease, MN, ZIP 56363

Zone 4b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 143 frost-free days later.

Pease 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 Pease 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Pease compares

Pease's growing season runs about 143 days, ranking 36,638 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MN, it ranks 683 of 943.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Pease's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pease's dates instead of trusting one.