Frost Dates for 56623 — Baudette, Minnesota

Half of springs at Baudette, MN see their last 32°F night by May 14; only one in ten is past it by April 30, and one in ten still has one after May 28. Planting tender crops after May 19 leaves a 30% risk of a frost on them, after May 23 20%, and after May 28 10%. The 14 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is narrower than at 37% of the 142 Minnesota stations behind this site's ZIP pages.

In fall the first 32°F night comes by September 26 in half of years, as early as September 12 one year in ten, and holds off past October 9 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F follows 11 days later, around October 7; in spring the one-in-ten date for 28°F is May 19, 9 days before the 32°F one. The freeze-free season lasts 135 days in a typical year, shorter than at 87% of the 142 Minnesota stations; it reaches 153 days one year in ten and falls short of 116 one year in ten. On average 184 nights a year drop to 32°F or below. Nights of 36°F, when frost can still settle on leaves in low, open spots, continue 10 days longer, to about May 24, and return around September 17. Severe cold of 16°F or below comes every winter, usually between November 6 and April 6.

July is the warmest month at Baudette, MN, averaging 81°F by day and 57°F at night; January is the coldest at 17°F and -5°F. A freezing night is all but certain in every month from October to April (a 90% chance or more). From June to August the chance of a 32°F night stays under 10% each month. In spring, May still brings one in 89% of years.

Warmth for growing adds up to 2,091 growing degree days a year (base 50°F), fewer than at 75% of the 142 Minnesota stations. 31% of them (658) have built up by the end of June, and July adds the most, 590. Precipitation totals 25.0 inches a year, most in June (4.2") and least in January (0.5"); May to September bring 72% of it.

The nearest other station, Warroad, MN, 39 miles northwest of Baudette, has a last frost 2 days later (May 16), a first frost 2 days earlier (September 24), a season 6 days shorter.

The first measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) in Baudette usually arrives around November 1, and the last of the season around April 15. Those are the middle dates across the winters of 1991–2020 at Baudette, MN, 3.5 miles away: half of years saw snow earlier, half later. Every one of those winters saw snow. The last 32°F night of spring typically comes 29 days after the last snow.

ZIP 56623 is 4 miles from Baudette, MN, which stands at 1,094 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 56623 in zone 3b, the band where the coldest night of the year averaged -35 to -30°F (-37.2 to -34.4°C) over 1991–2020; a zone describes winter lows, not frost dates.