Forestville, WI 54213 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Forestville, WI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. 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.
The actual range around Forestville's last frost
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
About 163 days separate Forestville's last and first frost, putting it 31,513 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 242 of 860.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Forestville can differ from the 54213 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Forestville's frost date answer different questions.