Wing, ND 58494 Frost Dates
Wing, ND: when does the frost end?
Around 05/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 258 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/29, roughly 139 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 Wing, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Wing's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wing against the rest of the dataset
About 139 days separate Wing's last and first frost, putting it 37,293 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ND, it ranks 153 of 405.
Learn more
Before leaning on 58494's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Wing can differ from the 58494 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Wing's frost date answer different questions.