Lime Ridge, WI 53942 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lime Ridge, WI, ZIP 53942
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 156 frost-free days later.
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 Lime Ridge, not a forecast for this year.
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
05/02 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. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lime Ridge compares
At roughly 156 frost-free days, Lime Ridge places 33,866 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 432 of 860.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lime Ridge's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lime Ridge can differ from the 53942 normal.