Verndale, MN 56481 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Verndale, MN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/10, roughly 255 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 141 frost-free days later.
Verndale 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
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Verndale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Verndale compares
At roughly 141 frost-free days, Verndale places 36,969 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MN, it ranks 725 of 943.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Verndale's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Verndale can differ from the 56481 normal.