Linton, ND 58552 Frost Dates
Linton, ND: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/28, roughly 136 days after the last spring frost.
Linton sits in USDA Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Linton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Linton's last frost
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 05/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Linton against the rest of the dataset
About 136 days separate Linton's last and first frost, putting it 37,722 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ND, it ranks 227 of 405.
Learn more
Before leaning on 58552's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Linton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Linton's dates instead of trusting one.