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Luck, WI 54853 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Luck, WI, ZIP 54853

Zone 4b

Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 149 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 Luck, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 4b around Luck 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

05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Luck compares

About 149 days separate Luck's last and first frost, putting it 35,537 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WI, it ranks 599 of 860.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Luck's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Luck can differ from the 54853 normal.