Emily, MN 56447 Frost Dates
Emily, MN: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 152 days after the last spring frost.
Emily 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Emily's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Emily against the rest of the dataset
Emily's growing season runs about 152 days, ranking 34,821 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MN, it ranks 452 of 943.
Learn more
Before leaning on 56447's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Emily can differ from the 56447 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Emily's frost date answer different questions.