Dresser, WI 54009 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dresser, WI, ZIP 54009
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/04, about 249 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 156 frost-free days later.
Dresser sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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
Zone 4b around Dresser 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.
The actual range around Dresser's last frost
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dresser compares
Dresser's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,733 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WI, it ranks 421 of 860.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Dresser's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Dresser's dates instead of trusting one.