Benedict, ND 58716 Frost Dates
58716, near Benedict, ND: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/22, about 267 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/22, roughly 123 days after the last spring frost.
Benedict 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
Benedict'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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Benedict against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 123 frost-free days, Benedict places 38,927 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ND, it ranks 379 of 405.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 58716: local microclimates, on what one yard in Benedict can differ from the 58716 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 4a and Benedict's frost date answer different questions.