Ruso, ND 58778 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ruso, ND?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/14, roughly 259 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/26, about 136 frost-free days later.
Ruso 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
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Ruso before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ruso's last frost
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/03 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 Ruso compares
About 136 days separate Ruso's last and first frost, putting it 37,825 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within ND, it ranks 257 of 405.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ruso's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ruso can differ from the 58778 normal.