Neosho, WI 53078 Frost Dates
Neosho, WI: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/08, roughly 253 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/03, roughly 148 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Neosho, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Neosho's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Neosho's last frost
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Neosho against the rest of the dataset
Neosho's growing season runs about 148 days, ranking 35,777 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WI, it ranks 621 of 860.
Learn more
Before leaning on 53078's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Neosho can differ from the 53078 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Neosho's frost date answer different questions.