Danielson, CT 02814 Frost Dates
Danielson, CT: when does the frost end?
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/09, roughly 161 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Danielson in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Danielson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Danielson against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 161 frost-free days, Danielson places 32,029 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CT, it ranks 364 of 391.
Learn more
Before leaning on 02814's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Danielson's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Danielson can differ from the 02814 normal.