Emerado, ND 58214 Frost Dates
Emerado, ND: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/11, roughly 256 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/28, roughly 139 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Emerado 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
With roughly 4 weeks until Emerado's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Emerado's last frost
05/11 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 05/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Emerado against the rest of the dataset
About 139 days separate Emerado's last and first frost, putting it 37,266 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ND, it ranks 144 of 405.
Learn more
Before leaning on 58214's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Emerado's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Emerado's dates instead of trusting one.