Neosho, WI 53059 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Neosho, WI, ZIP 53059
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/08, roughly 253 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 148 frost-free days later.
Neosho 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 Neosho has about 5 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 Neosho's last frost
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Neosho compares
About 148 days separate Neosho's last and first frost, putting it 35,776 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 620 of 860.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Neosho can differ from the 53059 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Neosho's frost date answer different questions.