Embarrass, WI 54933 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Embarrass, WI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 154 frost-free days later.
Embarrass sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Embarrass before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Embarrass's last frost
05/04 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. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Embarrass compares
At roughly 154 frost-free days, Embarrass places 34,433 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WI, it ranks 499 of 860.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Embarrass's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Embarrass's dates instead of trusting one.