Bathgate, ND 58216 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bathgate, ND?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/16, about 261 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/29, about 137 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bathgate in Zone 3b (-35 to -30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Bathgate before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bathgate's last frost
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/02 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 Bathgate compares
About 137 days separate Bathgate's last and first frost, putting it 37,605 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ND, it ranks 219 of 405.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 3b and Bathgate's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Bathgate's dates instead of trusting one.