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Planting zones in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
This metro spans USDA zones 4a to 5a, so there is no single zone for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI and anyone who gives you one is rounding. 52% of its ZIP codes are zone 5a; the rest are not.
Your ZIP code
Get the exact answer for your address
Everything above describes Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI as a whole. Hardiness zones and freeze dates are published per ZIP code, so yours is exact — enter it and this page will tell you your zone, which NOAA station it comes from and how far away that station is.
The growing season in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is closing
Nothing in the 32-crop table still has time to mature here. The first fall freeze normally arrives September 25 – October 20 across the 43 NOAA stations serving this metro area .
Your next season already has a date
The first job of it is 🧅 Green Onions, start indoors, around February 25 – March 24 — counted back from a last spring freeze of April 22 – May 19 here.
These are ranges across the whole metro area. The ZIP lookup above gives the dates from your own nearest station instead.
All 43 stations agreeAt least one station
Every one of the 43 NOAA stations serving this metro area counts May 19 – September 25 as growing season (129 days). Widening to any single station gives April 22 – October 20 (181 days).
That is a 52-day difference inside one metro area — which is why this page gives ranges rather than a single planting date. The ZIP lookup above resolves it to one station.
Which zone you are in depends where you are
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI covers 3 hardiness zones. A guide that gives the metro one zone has picked whichever is largest and rounded everyone else into it — which is fine for the 52% in zone 5a and wrong for the other 48%. Here is the actual split.
| Zone | ZIP codes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5a | 115 | 52% | |
| 4b | 98 | 45% | |
| 4a | 7 | 3% |
Zones are published per ZIP code, so yours is exact even though the metro's is not. The hardiness tool will tell you which one you are in.
Your freeze dates
Those are the earliest and latest medians among the 43 stations serving this metro — not an average, and not one station standing in for the rest. Half of years freeze later than a station's own median.
The spread is the point. Even in a metro that is one hardiness zone throughout, its stations disagree about the last spring freeze. Hardiness zone and frost date measure different things — a zone is the average annual coldest night, a freeze date is when the season turns — and a place can be uniform in one and varied in the other. Use the tools below with your own ZIP rather than the ends of this range.
Your growing season
NOAA publishes a growing-season length for each station, and across the 43 stations serving Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI it runs 128–178 days . That figure is published, not computed from the two freeze dates — subtracting one from the other gives the wrong answer wherever a season crosses New Year. Mean summer high (June–August) runs 76–84 °F , below the 90 °F point where cool-season crops reliably bolt. Summer rain over the same months runs 11.3–15.2" across those 40 stations, against the rough inch a week — about 13 inches over the same 92 days — that a vegetable garden is usually reckoned to want. At the middle station that is covered, so watering in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is for the gaps between storms rather than the whole season. The inches are NOAA's published normals; the inch a week is a rule of thumb, and it takes no account of a 80 °F summer afternoon drying the soil faster than a cool one.
When to start seeds in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Every spring job for 63 crop dates, counted from this metro's own last spring freeze. Each is a range across all 43 stations — the earliest and latest that job falls anywhere in the metro — because no one station speaks for the whole area.
| Crop | Job | When | Offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Onions | Start indoors | February 25 – March 24 | 8 weeks before |
| Peppers | Start indoors | February 25 – March 24 | 8 weeks before |
| Broccoli | Start indoors | March 11 – April 7 | 6 weeks before |
| Cabbage | Start indoors | March 11 – April 7 | 6 weeks before |
| Collards | Start indoors | March 11 – April 7 | 6 weeks before |
| Kale | Start indoors | March 11 – April 7 | 6 weeks before |
| Leaf Lettuce | Start indoors | March 11 – April 7 | 6 weeks before |
| Peas | Direct sow | March 11 – April 7 | 6 weeks before |
| Spinach | Direct sow | March 11 – April 7 | 6 weeks before |
| Sweet Potato | Start indoors | March 11 – April 7 | 6 weeks before |
| Tomatoes | Start indoors | March 11 – April 7 | 6 weeks before |
| Bok Choy | Start indoors | March 18 – April 14 | 5 weeks before |
| Kohlrabi | Start indoors | March 18 – April 14 | 5 weeks before |
| Swiss Chard | Start indoors | March 18 – April 14 | 5 weeks before |
| Arugula | Direct sow | March 25 – April 21 | 4 weeks before |
| Baby Salad Greens | Direct sow | March 25 – April 21 | 4 weeks before |
| Beets | Direct sow | March 25 – April 21 | 4 weeks before |
| Green Onions | Direct sow | March 25 – April 21 | 4 weeks before |
| Mustard Greens | Direct sow | March 25 – April 21 | 4 weeks before |
| Okra | Start indoors | March 25 – April 21 | 4 weeks before |
| Radishes | Direct sow | March 25 – April 21 | 4 weeks before |
| Turnips | Direct sow | March 25 – April 21 | 4 weeks before |
| Cabbage | Set out | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Carrots | Direct sow | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Collards | Direct sow | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Collards | Set out | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Cucumbers | Start indoors | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Green Onions | Set out | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Kale | Direct sow | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Kale | Set out | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Kohlrabi | Direct sow | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Kohlrabi | Set out | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Leaf Lettuce | Direct sow | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Pumpkins | Start indoors | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Summer Squash | Start indoors | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Winter Squash | Start indoors | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Zucchini | Start indoors | April 1 – April 28 | 3 weeks before |
| Bok Choy | Direct sow | April 8 – May 5 | 2 weeks before |
| Bok Choy | Set out | April 8 – May 5 | 2 weeks before |
| Broccoli | Set out | April 8 – May 5 | 2 weeks before |
| Cilantro | Direct sow | April 8 – May 5 | 2 weeks before |
| Leaf Lettuce | Set out | April 8 – May 5 | 2 weeks before |
| Swiss Chard | Direct sow | April 8 – May 5 | 2 weeks before |
| Swiss Chard | Set out | April 8 – May 5 | 2 weeks before |
| Dill | Direct sow | April 15 – May 12 | 1 week before |
| Bush Beans | Direct sow | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Cucumbers | Set out | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Pumpkins | Direct sow | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Pumpkins | Set out | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Summer Squash | Direct sow | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Summer Squash | Set out | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Sweet Corn | Direct sow | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Tomatoes | Set out | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Winter Squash | Direct sow | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Winter Squash | Set out | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Zucchini | Direct sow | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Zucchini | Set out | April 29 – May 26 | 1 week after |
| Cucumbers | Direct sow | May 6 – June 2 | 2 weeks after |
| Okra | Direct sow | May 6 – June 2 | 2 weeks after |
| Okra | Set out | May 6 – June 2 | 2 weeks after |
| Peppers | Set out | May 6 – June 2 | 2 weeks after |
| Southern Peas | Direct sow | May 6 – June 2 | 2 weeks after |
| Sweet Potato | Set out | May 6 – June 2 | 2 weeks after |
The week offsets are conventional extension guidance and vary by variety; the freeze dates they are counted from are measured. For a single date rather than a range, run when do I start my seeds? with your own ZIP code.
What survives the winter changes across Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Of 74 perennial fruits, nuts, berries, vegetables and herbs, 48 come through the winter in zone 5a and only 34 in zone 4a. That is a different garden at each end of the same metro.
| Zone | ZIPs | Survive | Fail for being too warm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4a | 7 | 34 of 74 | 0 |
| 4b | 98 | 34 of 74 | 0 |
| 5a | 115 | 48 of 74 | 0 |
The last column is the counterintuitive one, and it is why the totals do not simply rise as the winters get milder. Most temperate fruit needs a documented number of hours below about 45 °F to break dormancy and set a crop, so an apple fails in a winter that is too warm; currants and rhubarb cook in the summer heat that comes with it. See the full list with reasons.
Cautious — shortens the seasonMedian across stationsOptimistic
- Last spring freeze
- Plan to June 3 to be careful. Median April 22 – May 19 across 43 stations; April 7 is the optimistic end.
- First fall freeze
- Plan to September 10 to be careful. Median September 25 – October 20 across 43 stations; November 3 is the optimistic end.
NOAA publishes these as probabilities, not averages — the middle figure is a median, so half of years fall either side of it. The cautious end is the 10% tail: in roughly nine years in ten the freeze falls on the safe side of it.
The 43 stations behind these numbers
All 43 NOAA stations whose normals this page quotes, spanning about 250 km north to south. Every one is named with its identifier in the station list below — this page does not single one out, because no one station speaks for a whole metro area.
A relative sketch, not a map with a projection: longitude is adjusted for latitude so the shape is not stretched, and there is no basemap. For the one station nearest a specific address, with its real distance, use the ZIP lookup above.
Every figure above comes from these, and each is named so you can check it. Which station serves a given ZIP code, and how far away it is, varies across the metro — the table below gives it per ZIP code rather than this page averaging it.
| Station | NOAA ID | Last spring freeze | First fall freeze | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amery, WI | USC00470175 | May 5 | October 4 | 151 days |
| Andover 1N, MN | USC00210190 | May 5 | October 2 | 148 days |
| Baldwin, WI | USC00470486 | May 6 | October 2 | 148 days |
| Buffalo 2Ne, MN | USC00211107 | April 30 | October 9 | 163 days |
| Cambridge, MN | USC00211227 | May 2 | October 4 | 153 days |
| Cedar, MN | USC00211390 | May 1 | October 7 | 158 days |
| Chanhassen Wsfo, MN | USC00211448 | April 30 | October 9 | 160 days |
| Chaska 2Nw, MN | USC00211468 | May 5 | October 5 | 151 days |
| Dassel 3Se, MN | USC00212023 | April 30 | October 10 | 162 days |
| Delano, MN | USC00212088 | April 30 | October 8 | 159 days |
| Durand, WI | USC00472279 | May 1 | October 10 | 162 days |
| Elk Rvr, MN | USC00212500 | May 4 | October 5 | 154 days |
| Ellsworth 1E, WI | USC00472556 | May 13 | September 29 | 139 days |
| Faribault, MN | USC00212721 | May 5 | October 5 | 152 days |
| Farmington 3 NW, MN | USC00212737 | April 27 | October 10 | 166 days |
| Forest Lake 5Ne, MN | USC00212881 | May 3 | October 5 | 154 days |
| Grantsburg, WI | USW00014995 | May 11 | October 1 | 141 days |
| Hastings Dam 2, MN | USC00213567 | April 23 | October 19 | 177 days |
| Isle 12N, MN | USC00214103 | May 10 | October 3 | 144 days |
| Jordan 1Ssw, MN | USC00214176 | May 2 | October 5 | 153 days |
| Kimball 3N, MN | USC00214373 | May 2 | October 5 | 156 days |
| Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | USC00214884 | April 23 | October 16 | 175 days |
| Milaca, MN | USC00215392 | May 8 | October 1 | 143 days |
| Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | USW00014922 | April 23 | October 18 | 176 days |
| Mpls Crystal AP, MN | USW00094960 | April 30 | October 8 | 159 days |
| Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | USW00094963 | April 23 | October 14 | 172 days |
| New Hope, MN | USC00215838 | April 29 | October 12 | 163 days |
| Red Wing Dam 3, MN | USC00216822 | April 23 | October 14 | 173 days |
| River Falls, WI | USC00477226 | May 11 | October 1 | 143 days |
| Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, MN | USC00217107 | May 2 | October 5 | 155 days |
| Santiago 3 E, MN | USC00217502 | May 7 | September 28 | 144 days |
| St Cloud Rgnl AP, MN | USW00014926 | May 7 | September 30 | 144 days |
| St Croix Falls, WI | USC00477464 | May 4 | October 8 | 156 days |
| St Paul 3Sw, MN | USC00217379 | April 25 | October 12 | 169 days |
| St Paul Downtown AP, MN | USW00014927 | April 24 | October 16 | 174 days |
| St Paul, MN | USC00217377 | April 26 | October 12 | 166 days |
| St Peter, MN | USC00217405 | May 2 | October 4 | 153 days |
| Stillwater 1 SE, MN | USC00218037 | April 22 | October 19 | 178 days |
| Stillwater 2Sw, MN | USC00218039 | April 30 | October 11 | 163 days |
| U Of Mn St Paul, MN | USC00218450 | April 28 | October 8 | 162 days |
| Vadnais Lake, MN | USC00218477 | April 23 | October 20 | 177 days |
| Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, MN | USC00218692 | May 2 | October 4 | 155 days |
| Wild Rvr SP, MN | USC00218986 | May 19 | September 25 | 128 days |
These are medians, not averages — NOAA publishes freeze dates as a probability distribution, and half of years freeze later than the date shown.
Every ZIP code in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Zones are published per ZIP code, not per metro area, so this is the exact answer rather than the metro area's average. The station column is the nearest one to that ZIP code's centroid and how far away it is — the same figure the tools use, shown here so you can see which ZIP codes are well covered and which are reaching.
| ZIP code | USDA zone | Nearest NOAA station | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54002 | 4b | Baldwin, WI | 1.5 km |
| 54003 | 4b | Ellsworth 1E, WI | 5.9 km |
| 54007 | 4b | Amery, WI | 12.3 km |
| 54011 | 4b | Ellsworth 1E, WI | 1.4 km |
| 54013 | 4b | Baldwin, WI | 18.4 km |
| 54014 | 4b | Red Wing Dam 3, MN | 5.2 km |
| 54015 | 4b | Baldwin, WI | 5.0 km |
| 54016 | 4b | Stillwater 1 SE, MN | 10.5 km |
| 54017 | 4b | Baldwin, WI | 20.2 km |
| 54021 | 4b | Hastings Dam 2, MN | 13.2 km |
| 54022 | 4b | River Falls, WI | 0.8 km |
| 54023 | 4b | Baldwin, WI | 12.5 km |
| 54025 | 4b | Stillwater 1 SE, MN | 14.6 km |
| 54027 | 4b | Baldwin, WI | 15.6 km |
| 54028 | 4b | Baldwin, WI | 8.5 km |
| 54082 | 4b | Stillwater 1 SE, MN | 4.8 km |
| 54723 | 4b | Ellsworth 1E, WI | 13.7 km |
| 54740 | 4b | Durand, WI | 20.8 km |
| 54750 | 4b | Ellsworth 1E, WI | 17.3 km |
| 54761 | 4b | Durand, WI | 15.7 km |
| 54767 | 4b | Baldwin, WI | 18.3 km |
| 55001 | 5a | Hastings Dam 2, MN | 16.0 km |
| 55003 | 5a | Stillwater 1 SE, MN | 4.1 km |
| 55005 | 4b | Cedar, MN | 9.7 km |
| 55008 | 4b | Cambridge, MN | 3.6 km |
| 55011 | 4b | Cedar, MN | 3.5 km |
| 55012 | 4a | Wild Rvr SP, MN | 10.0 km |
| 55013 | 4b | Forest Lake 5Ne, MN | 2.4 km |
| 55014 | 5a | Vadnais Lake, MN | 13.5 km |
| 55016 | 5a | Hastings Dam 2, MN | 8.1 km |
| 55017 | 4b | Milaca, MN | 19.6 km |
| 55020 | 4b | Farmington 3 NW, MN | 19.1 km |
| 55024 | 5a | Farmington 3 NW, MN | 5.3 km |
| 55025 | 4b | Forest Lake 5Ne, MN | 12.2 km |
| 55031 | 4b | Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, MN | 15.8 km |
| 55032 | 4b | Cambridge, MN | 19.2 km |
| 55033 | 5a | Hastings Dam 2, MN | 5.5 km |
| 55038 | 4b | Vadnais Lake, MN | 16.6 km |
| 55040 | 4b | Cambridge, MN | 10.3 km |
| 55042 | 5a | Stillwater 2Sw, MN | 7.1 km |
| 55043 | 5a | Stillwater 1 SE, MN | 11.5 km |
| 55044 | 4b | Farmington 3 NW, MN | 9.0 km |
| 55045 | 4b | Forest Lake 5Ne, MN | 9.0 km |
| 55047 | 4b | Forest Lake 5Ne, MN | 15.8 km |
| 55054 | 4b | Farmington 3 NW, MN | 18.0 km |
| 55055 | 5a | St Paul Downtown AP, MN | 7.8 km |
| 55056 | 4b | Wild Rvr SP, MN | 16.2 km |
| 55065 | 4b | Farmington 3 NW, MN | 17.5 km |
| 55068 | 5a | Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, MN | 3.5 km |
| 55069 | 4b | Grantsburg, WI | 23.4 km |
| 55070 | 4b | Cedar, MN | 9.5 km |
| 55071 | 5a | Hastings Dam 2, MN | 12.3 km |
| 55073 | 4b | Forest Lake 5Ne, MN | 8.1 km |
| 55074 | 4b | St Croix Falls, WI | 6.3 km |
| 55075 | 5a | St Paul Downtown AP, MN | 5.0 km |
| 55076 | 5a | St Paul Downtown AP, MN | 11.2 km |
| 55077 | 5a | Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, MN | 11.4 km |
| 55079 | 4b | Forest Lake 5Ne, MN | 14.5 km |
| 55080 | 4b | Cambridge, MN | 12.3 km |
| 55082 | 4b | Stillwater 2Sw, MN | 3.3 km |
| 55084 | 4a | Wild Rvr SP, MN | 7.2 km |
| 55085 | 5a | Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, MN | 11.9 km |
| 55092 | 4b | Cedar, MN | 14.5 km |
| 55101 | 5a | St Paul Downtown AP, MN | 3.3 km |
| 55102 | 5a | St Paul 3Sw, MN | 2.6 km |
| 55103 | 5a | St Paul 3Sw, MN | 4.4 km |
| 55104 | 5a | St Paul 3Sw, MN | 2.7 km |
| 55105 | 5a | St Paul 3Sw, MN | 1.0 km |
| 55106 | 5a | St Paul, MN | 1.8 km |
| 55107 | 5a | St Paul Downtown AP, MN | 1.9 km |
| 55108 | 5a | U Of Mn St Paul, MN | 1.0 km |
| 55109 | 5a | Vadnais Lake, MN | 6.5 km |
| 55110 | 5a | Vadnais Lake, MN | 8.6 km |
| 55111 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 3.1 km |
| 55112 | 5a | Vadnais Lake, MN | 8.4 km |
| 55113 | 5a | U Of Mn St Paul, MN | 3.3 km |
| 55114 | 5a | U Of Mn St Paul, MN | 2.9 km |
| 55115 | 5a | Stillwater 2Sw, MN | 8.0 km |
| 55116 | 5a | St Paul 3Sw, MN | 2.6 km |
| 55117 | 5a | Vadnais Lake, MN | 5.0 km |
| 55118 | 5a | St Paul Downtown AP, MN | 5.5 km |
| 55119 | 5a | St Paul, MN | 2.0 km |
| 55120 | 5a | St Paul 3Sw, MN | 6.1 km |
| 55121 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 6.9 km |
| 55122 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 9.5 km |
| 55123 | 5a | Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, MN | 10.1 km |
| 55124 | 5a | Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, MN | 8.6 km |
| 55125 | 5a | St Paul, MN | 7.9 km |
| 55126 | 5a | Vadnais Lake, MN | 5.2 km |
| 55127 | 5a | Vadnais Lake, MN | 4.0 km |
| 55128 | 5a | St Paul, MN | 7.0 km |
| 55129 | 5a | St Paul, MN | 12.9 km |
| 55130 | 5a | St Paul Downtown AP, MN | 5.1 km |
| 55150 | 5a | St Paul 3Sw, MN | 4.9 km |
| 55301 | 4b | Elk Rvr, MN | 9.0 km |
| 55302 | 4b | Kimball 3N, MN | 19.0 km |
| 55303 | 4b | Andover 1N, MN | 11.5 km |
| 55304 | 4b | Andover 1N, MN | 2.7 km |
| 55305 | 5a | New Hope, MN | 7.1 km |
| 55306 | 5a | Farmington 3 NW, MN | 11.8 km |
| 55308 | 4b | Santiago 3 E, MN | 15.9 km |
| 55309 | 4b | Elk Rvr, MN | 14.3 km |
| 55311 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 12.5 km |
| 55313 | 4b | Buffalo 2Ne, MN | 2.6 km |
| 55315 | 4b | Jordan 1Ssw, MN | 8.5 km |
| 55316 | 5a | Andover 1N, MN | 11.6 km |
| 55317 | 5a | Chanhassen Wsfo, MN | 1.3 km |
| 55318 | 4b | Chaska 2Nw, MN | 0.5 km |
| 55319 | 4b | St Cloud Rgnl AP, MN | 11.1 km |
| 55321 | 4b | Dassel 3Se, MN | 8.4 km |
| 55322 | 4b | Chaska 2Nw, MN | 13.1 km |
| 55327 | 4b | Elk Rvr, MN | 14.4 km |
| 55328 | 4b | Delano, MN | 3.2 km |
| 55330 | 4b | Elk Rvr, MN | 3.4 km |
| 55331 | 5a | Chanhassen Wsfo, MN | 6.8 km |
| 55337 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 12.1 km |
| 55339 | 4b | Jordan 1Ssw, MN | 26.7 km |
| 55340 | 4b | Delano, MN | 16.5 km |
| 55341 | 4b | Buffalo 2Ne, MN | 14.6 km |
| 55343 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 10.1 km |
| 55344 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 4.8 km |
| 55345 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 9.3 km |
| 55346 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 5.2 km |
| 55347 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 0.8 km |
| 55349 | 4b | Dassel 3Se, MN | 16.1 km |
| 55352 | 4b | Jordan 1Ssw, MN | 3.4 km |
| 55356 | 4b | Delano, MN | 16.1 km |
| 55357 | 4b | Delano, MN | 10.3 km |
| 55358 | 4b | Buffalo 2Ne, MN | 13.5 km |
| 55359 | 4b | Delano, MN | 8.0 km |
| 55360 | 4b | Delano, MN | 18.4 km |
| 55362 | 4b | Buffalo 2Ne, MN | 11.5 km |
| 55363 | 4b | Delano, MN | 11.1 km |
| 55364 | 4b | Chanhassen Wsfo, MN | 13.3 km |
| 55367 | 4b | Delano, MN | 23.0 km |
| 55368 | 4b | Chaska 2Nw, MN | 22.7 km |
| 55369 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 10.6 km |
| 55371 | 4b | Santiago 3 E, MN | 13.5 km |
| 55372 | 4b | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 17.3 km |
| 55373 | 4b | Delano, MN | 6.3 km |
| 55374 | 4b | Elk Rvr, MN | 14.4 km |
| 55375 | 4b | Chaska 2Nw, MN | 11.8 km |
| 55376 | 4b | Buffalo 2Ne, MN | 12.4 km |
| 55378 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 11.7 km |
| 55379 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 10.3 km |
| 55384 | 4b | Chanhassen Wsfo, MN | 10.9 km |
| 55386 | 4b | Chaska 2Nw, MN | 5.5 km |
| 55387 | 4b | Chaska 2Nw, MN | 13.2 km |
| 55388 | 4b | Delano, MN | 11.7 km |
| 55390 | 4b | Delano, MN | 16.0 km |
| 55391 | 5a | Chanhassen Wsfo, MN | 12.8 km |
| 55397 | 4b | Chaska 2Nw, MN | 24.2 km |
| 55398 | 4b | Santiago 3 E, MN | 16.3 km |
| 55401 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 2.0 km |
| 55403 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 3.1 km |
| 55404 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 2.1 km |
| 55405 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 4.4 km |
| 55406 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 4.9 km |
| 55407 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 4.8 km |
| 55408 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 5.3 km |
| 55409 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 6.0 km |
| 55410 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 7.7 km |
| 55411 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 4.7 km |
| 55412 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 5.3 km |
| 55413 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 2.2 km |
| 55414 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 1.9 km |
| 55415 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 0.9 km |
| 55416 | 5a | New Hope, MN | 7.4 km |
| 55417 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 2.6 km |
| 55418 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 4.8 km |
| 55419 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 5.3 km |
| 55420 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 6.5 km |
| 55421 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 8.0 km |
| 55422 | 5a | New Hope, MN | 3.0 km |
| 55423 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 4.2 km |
| 55424 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 9.5 km |
| 55425 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 3.6 km |
| 55426 | 5a | New Hope, MN | 5.9 km |
| 55427 | 5a | New Hope, MN | 0.6 km |
| 55428 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 2.6 km |
| 55429 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 0.8 km |
| 55430 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 4.1 km |
| 55431 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 9.3 km |
| 55432 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 8.5 km |
| 55433 | 5a | Andover 1N, MN | 10.5 km |
| 55434 | 5a | Andover 1N, MN | 10.5 km |
| 55435 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 8.4 km |
| 55436 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 11.2 km |
| 55437 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 10.2 km |
| 55438 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 6.7 km |
| 55439 | 5a | Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN | 9.0 km |
| 55441 | 5a | New Hope, MN | 4.1 km |
| 55442 | 5a | New Hope, MN | 5.8 km |
| 55443 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 6.5 km |
| 55444 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 6.3 km |
| 55445 | 5a | Mpls Crystal AP, MN | 7.1 km |
| 55446 | 5a | New Hope, MN | 9.3 km |
| 55447 | 5a | New Hope, MN | 8.7 km |
| 55448 | 5a | Andover 1N, MN | 6.7 km |
| 55449 | 5a | Andover 1N, MN | 12.1 km |
| 55450 | 5a | Minneapolis/St Paul AP, MN | 1.2 km |
| 55454 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 0.6 km |
| 55455 | 5a | Lower St Anthony Falls, MN | 1.0 km |
| 56011 | 4b | Jordan 1Ssw, MN | 12.1 km |
| 56017 | 5a | St Peter, MN | 11.8 km |
| 56028 | 5a | St Peter, MN | 22.5 km |
| 56050 | 5a | St Peter, MN | 7.2 km |
| 56052 | 4b | Faribault, MN | 23.4 km |
| 56057 | 4b | St Peter, MN | 20.8 km |
| 56058 | 4b | St Peter, MN | 13.9 km |
| 56069 | 4b | Faribault, MN | 24.8 km |
| 56071 | 4b | Jordan 1Ssw, MN | 13.5 km |
| 56096 | 4b | Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, MN | 20.3 km |
| 56304 | 4b | St Cloud Rgnl AP, MN | 1.5 km |
| 56313 | 4a | Milaca, MN | 9.1 km |
| 56330 | 4a | Milaca, MN | 7.3 km |
| 56353 | 4a | Milaca, MN | 6.1 km |
| 56359 | 4a | Isle 12N, MN | 27.5 km |
| 56363 | 4b | Milaca, MN | 6.3 km |
| 56386 | 4a | Isle 12N, MN | 22.9 km |
ZIP-code positions are area centroids, so a large rural ZIP code's listed distance is measured from the middle of its area rather than from any particular address in it.
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Each of these takes a ZIP code and answers for that ZIP alone, citing the station it used and how far away it is. There is a ZIP box in the header of every page.
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What survives my winter?
Runs on the hardiness zone, so it answers for all of Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI at once — zone across 74 perennial fruits, berries, vegetables and herbs.
- When do I start my seeds?
Dates every spring job from your own last freeze — sow indoors, set out, direct sow.
- When do I sow the next round?
How often each crop is worth re-sowing, and when the next sowing is due.
- What can I still plant?
Counts the growing days left before your first fall freeze, crop by crop.
Other places to compare
Gardening in Minnesota — zones 3a– 5a covers the whole state: how its 870 ZIP codes divide between 5 hardiness zones, and the freeze dates across every NOAA station in it.
Other metro areas in MN:
- Duluth, MN-WI Zones 3a–5a
- Rochester, MN Zones 4b–5a
- St. Cloud, MN Zones 4a–4b
- Mankato, MN Zones 4b–5a
Gear
If you want to act on this
Each link opens an Amazon search rather than a product we picked. We have not tested these and do not rank them — the search is the honest version, and you choose.
- Trunk wrapZone 4a is cold enough that winter sun on a young trunk does more damage than the cold does.
- Row cover and frost clothThe season here closes at the first fall freeze dated above — a cover buys back some of those days at the end.
- MulchFor the perennials nearest their cold limit in zone 4a, where an insulated crown is what decides whether they come back.
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Sources
Where these numbers come from
The hardiness zone is the USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, published per ZIP code by PRISM at Oregon State. The freeze dates are NOAA's 1991–2020 Climate Normals, read from every station whose normals cover a ZIP code in this metro. Nothing here is estimated, and no station stands in for another.
This page names no single station on purpose. Picking one to represent a metro sounds reasonable and is not: the station serving the most ZIP codes is an artifact of where ZIP centroids happen to fall, and it selects a lock on the Monongahela for Pittsburgh and a far southern suburb for Chicago. A range across every station is true; a single cited date for a whole metro is not.