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Centuria, WI 54824 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Centuria, WI, ZIP 54824

Zone 4b

Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 156 frost-free days later.

Centuria 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 Centuria has about 6 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.

The actual range around Centuria's last frost

05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 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 Centuria compares

About 156 days separate Centuria's last and first frost, putting it 33,745 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 423 of 860.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Centuria's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Centuria can differ from the 54824 normal.