Lingle, WY 82223 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lingle, WY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/20, roughly 265 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/22, about 122 frost-free days later.
Lingle 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 4 weeks of growing season left in Lingle before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lingle compares
At roughly 122 frost-free days, Lingle places 38,975 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WY, it ranks 89 of 192.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Lingle can differ from the 82223 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Lingle's frost date answer different questions.