Forestville, WI 54204 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Forestville, WI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 163 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 Forestville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Forestville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Forestville compares
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Forestville places 31,512 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 241 of 860.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Forestville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Forestville's dates instead of trusting one.