Eden, WI 53019 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eden, WI, ZIP 53019
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 174 frost-free days later.
Eden sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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
Zone 5a around Eden has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Eden's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eden compares
At roughly 174 frost-free days, Eden places 27,557 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 97 of 860.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Eden's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Eden's dates instead of trusting one.