Abercrombie, ND 58001 Frost Dates
58001, near Abercrombie, ND: the frost window
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/03, roughly 152 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Abercrombie in Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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
Abercrombie'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
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Abercrombie against the rest of the dataset
Abercrombie's growing season runs about 152 days, ranking 34,888 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within ND, it ranks 30 of 405.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 58001: the frost range, on how to read the range around Abercrombie's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Abercrombie can differ from the 58001 normal.