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Antigo, WI 54409 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Antigo, WI?

Zone 4b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/14, about 259 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 139 frost-free days later.

Antigo 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

About 5 weeks of growing season left in Antigo 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

05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Antigo compares

At roughly 139 frost-free days, Antigo places 37,217 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 725 of 860.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4b and Antigo's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Antigo's dates instead of trusting one.