Chenequa, WI 53029 Frost Dates
Chenequa, WI: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 164 days after the last spring frost.
Chenequa sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 6 weeks until Chenequa's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Chenequa against the rest of the dataset
About 164 days separate Chenequa's last and first frost, putting it 31,117 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 218 of 860.
Learn more
Before leaning on 53029's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Chenequa's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Chenequa can differ from the 53029 normal.