McFarland, WI 53558 Frost Dates
When can you plant in McFarland, WI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 161 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 McFarland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in McFarland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around McFarland's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How McFarland compares
At roughly 161 frost-free days, McFarland places 32,003 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 318 of 860.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around McFarland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in McFarland can differ from the 53558 normal.