New Leipzig, ND 58562 Frost Dates
58562, near New Leipzig, ND: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/16, about 261 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/25, roughly 129 days after the last spring frost.
New Leipzig 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
New Leipzig's growing season runs out in roughly 4 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/16 isn't a guarantee
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Leipzig against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 129 frost-free days, New Leipzig places 38,508 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ND, it ranks 315 of 405.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 58562: local microclimates, on what one yard in New Leipzig can differ from the 58562 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 4a and New Leipzig's frost date answer different questions.