Cumberland, WI 54813 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cumberland, WI, ZIP 54813
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/05, roughly 250 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 152 frost-free days later.
Cumberland 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
Zone 4b around Cumberland 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
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cumberland compares
About 152 days separate Cumberland's last and first frost, putting it 34,776 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 518 of 860.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cumberland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cumberland can differ from the 54813 normal.