Woonsocket, RI 02839 Frost Dates
Woonsocket, RI: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/09, roughly 161 days after the last spring frost.
Woonsocket sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Woonsocket'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.
Woonsocket against the rest of the dataset
About 161 days separate Woonsocket's last and first frost, putting it 31,944 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within RI, it ranks 77 of 79.
Learn more
Before leaning on 02839's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Woonsocket's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Woonsocket's dates instead of trusting one.