Lidgerwood, ND 58053 Frost Dates
Lidgerwood, ND: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/06, roughly 157 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 Lidgerwood, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Lidgerwood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lidgerwood against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 157 frost-free days, Lidgerwood places 33,419 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ND, it ranks 7 of 405.
Learn more
Before leaning on 58053's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Lidgerwood can differ from the 58053 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Lidgerwood's frost date answer different questions.