Eagle Bend, MN 56446 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eagle Bend, MN, ZIP 56446
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/13, roughly 258 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/27, about 134 frost-free days later.
Eagle Bend sits in USDA Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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 4a around Eagle Bend has about 4 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
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eagle Bend compares
About 134 days separate Eagle Bend's last and first frost, putting it 38,009 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 816 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Eagle Bend's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Eagle Bend can differ from the 56446 normal.