Erskine, MN 56535 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Erskine, MN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/15, roughly 260 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/26, about 132 frost-free days later.
Zone 3b (-35 to -30°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Erskine, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Erskine before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Erskine's last frost
05/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Erskine compares
Erskine's growing season runs about 132 days, ranking 38,221 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MN, it ranks 828 of 943.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Erskine can differ from the 56535 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 3b and Erskine's frost date answer different questions.