Lime Ridge, WI 53937 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lime Ridge, WI, ZIP 53937
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 161 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lime Ridge 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 Lime Ridge 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
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lime Ridge compares
About 161 days separate Lime Ridge's last and first frost, putting it 32,178 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 332 of 860.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Lime Ridge's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lime Ridge's dates instead of trusting one.