Pekin, ND 58361 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pekin, ND?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/12, roughly 257 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/28, about 139 frost-free days later.
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 Pekin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Pekin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pekin's last frost
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pekin compares
At roughly 139 frost-free days, Pekin places 37,309 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ND, it ranks 164 of 405.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Pekin can differ from the 58361 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4a and Pekin's frost date answer different questions.