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Ayr, ND 58007 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Ayr, ND, ZIP 58007

Zone 4a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 143 frost-free days later.

Ayr 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 Ayr 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

05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Ayr compares

At roughly 143 frost-free days, Ayr places 36,690 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ND, it ranks 102 of 405.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Ayr's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Ayr can differ from the 58007 normal.