Medina, ND 58467 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Medina, ND?
Around 05/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 259 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/27, about 135 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 Medina, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Medina before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Medina's last frost
05/14 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. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Medina compares
At roughly 135 frost-free days, Medina places 37,916 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ND, it ranks 261 of 405.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Medina can differ from the 58467 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4a and Medina's frost date answer different questions.