Auburndale, WI 54412 Frost Dates
Auburndale, WI: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 150 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 Auburndale, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Auburndale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Auburndale against the rest of the dataset
About 150 days separate Auburndale's last and first frost, putting it 35,356 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 577 of 860.
Learn more
Before leaning on 54412's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Auburndale's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Auburndale can differ from the 54412 normal.