Stanton, ND 58571 Frost Dates
Stanton, ND: when does the frost end?
Around 05/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 257 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/03, roughly 143 days after the last spring frost.
Stanton 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 5 weeks until Stanton'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
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stanton against the rest of the dataset
Stanton's growing season runs about 143 days, ranking 36,615 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within ND, it ranks 92 of 405.
Learn more
Before leaning on 58571's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Stanton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Stanton can differ from the 58571 normal.