Rice Lake, WI 54868 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Rice Lake, WI?
Around 05/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 253 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/02, about 145 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 Rice Lake, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Rice Lake before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Rice Lake's last frost
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rice Lake compares
Rice Lake's growing season runs about 145 days, ranking 36,173 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WI, it ranks 653 of 860.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Rice Lake's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Rice Lake can differ from the 54868 normal.