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Hustisford, WI 53034 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Hustisford, WI, ZIP 53034

Zone 5a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 158 frost-free days later.

Hustisford 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 Hustisford has about 6 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Hustisford compares

Hustisford's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 33,065 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WI, it ranks 377 of 860.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Hustisford's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hustisford can differ from the 53034 normal.