Foxhome, MN 56543 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Foxhome, MN, ZIP 56543
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 152 frost-free days later.
Foxhome 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 Foxhome 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
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Foxhome compares
About 152 days separate Foxhome's last and first frost, putting it 34,914 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MN, it ranks 476 of 943.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Foxhome can differ from the 56543 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Foxhome's frost date answer different questions.