Makoti, ND 58756 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Makoti, ND?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/14, roughly 259 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/26, about 133 frost-free days later.
Zone 4a (-30 to -25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Makoti, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Makoti before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Makoti's last frost
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Makoti compares
About 133 days separate Makoti's last and first frost, putting it 38,145 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ND, it ranks 289 of 405.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Makoti can differ from the 58756 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4a and Makoti's frost date answer different questions.