FrostDateCheck

Reynolds, ND 58275 Frost Dates

58275, near Reynolds, ND: the frost window

Zone 4a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 136 days after the last spring frost.

Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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 Reynolds, not a forecast for this year.

Stretching the season past the first frost

Reynolds's growing season runs out in roughly 4 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.

Why 05/13 isn't a guarantee

05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 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.

Reynolds against the rest of the dataset

At roughly 136 frost-free days, Reynolds places 37,794 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ND, it ranks 239 of 405.

Learn more

Two guides worth reading on 58275: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 4a and Reynolds's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Reynolds's dates instead of trusting one.