Makoti, ND 58779 Frost Dates
Makoti, ND: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/14, roughly 259 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/26, roughly 133 days after the last spring frost.
Makoti 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 4 weeks until Makoti's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/14 isn't a guarantee
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Makoti against the rest of the dataset
Makoti's growing season runs about 133 days, ranking 38,146 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within ND, it ranks 290 of 405.
Learn more
Before leaning on 58779's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Makoti can differ from the 58779 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Makoti's frost date answer different questions.