Fall River, WI 53932 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fall River, WI, ZIP 53932
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 163 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fall River in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Fall River 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. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fall River compares
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Fall River places 31,411 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 232 of 860.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Fall River's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Fall River can differ from the 53932 normal.