Vining, MN 56588 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vining, MN, ZIP 56588
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/05, roughly 250 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 153 frost-free days later.
Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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 Vining, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 4a around Vining 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.
The actual range around Vining's last frost
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vining compares
Vining's growing season runs about 153 days, ranking 34,664 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MN, it ranks 435 of 943.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Vining's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Vining's dates instead of trusting one.