Remer, MN 56631 Frost Dates
56631, near Remer, MN: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/01, roughly 144 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Remer in Zone 3b (-35 to -30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Remer's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Remer against the rest of the dataset
Remer's growing season runs about 144 days, ranking 36,449 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MN, it ranks 667 of 943.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 56631: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 3b and Remer's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Remer's dates instead of trusting one.