FrostDateCheck

Egeland, ND 58331 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Egeland, ND?

Zone 3b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/18, roughly 263 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/23, about 127 frost-free days later.

Egeland sits in USDA Zone 3b (-35 to -30°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 Egeland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Egeland's last frost

05/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/05 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 Egeland compares

At roughly 127 frost-free days, Egeland places 38,672 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ND, it ranks 350 of 405.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 3b and Egeland's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Egeland's dates instead of trusting one.