Edgar, WI 54426 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Edgar, WI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 150 frost-free days later.
Edgar 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 Edgar before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Edgar's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Edgar compares
At roughly 150 frost-free days, Edgar places 35,325 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 570 of 860.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4b and Edgar's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Edgar's dates instead of trusting one.