Emerado, ND 58208 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Emerado, ND?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/16, roughly 261 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/27, about 133 frost-free days later.
Emerado 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
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Emerado before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Emerado's last frost
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Emerado compares
About 133 days separate Emerado's last and first frost, putting it 38,110 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ND, it ranks 282 of 405.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Emerado's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Emerado can differ from the 58208 normal.