Des Lacs, ND 58733 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Des Lacs, ND, ZIP 58733
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/13, roughly 258 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/27, about 136 frost-free days later.
Des Lacs 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 4a around Des Lacs has about 4 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Des Lacs compares
At roughly 136 frost-free days, Des Lacs places 37,798 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ND, it ranks 242 of 405.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Des Lacs's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Des Lacs's dates instead of trusting one.