Eleva, WI 54738 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eleva, WI, ZIP 54738
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/10, roughly 255 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/02, about 144 frost-free days later.
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 Eleva, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 4b around Eleva has about 5 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eleva compares
Eleva's growing season runs about 144 days, ranking 36,422 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WI, it ranks 675 of 860.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Eleva's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Eleva's dates instead of trusting one.