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Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Sheboygan Falls, WI?

Zone 5b

Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 154 frost-free days later.

Sheboygan Falls 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.

What to do before the first frost

About 6 weeks of growing season left in Sheboygan Falls before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Sheboygan Falls compares

About 154 days separate Sheboygan Falls's last and first frost, putting it 34,255 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 473 of 860.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Sheboygan Falls's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Sheboygan Falls's dates instead of trusting one.