Lynxville, WI 54626 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lynxville, WI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 175 frost-free days later.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 Lynxville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Lynxville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lynxville's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lynxville compares
About 175 days separate Lynxville's last and first frost, putting it 27,282 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 92 of 860.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Lynxville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lynxville's dates instead of trusting one.