Catawba, WI 54515 Frost Dates
Catawba, WI: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/23, roughly 268 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/23, roughly 124 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Catawba in Zone 4a (-30 to -25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Catawba's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Catawba's last frost
05/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Catawba against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 124 frost-free days, Catawba places 38,872 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 839 of 860.
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Before leaning on 54515's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Catawba can differ from the 54515 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Catawba's frost date answer different questions.