Prentice, WI 54513 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Prentice, WI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/23, roughly 268 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/23, about 124 frost-free days later.
Prentice sits in USDA Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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 4 weeks of growing season left in Prentice 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
05/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Prentice compares
At roughly 124 frost-free days, Prentice places 38,865 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 837 of 860.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Prentice can differ from the 54513 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4a and Prentice's frost date answer different questions.