East Providence, RI 02885 Frost Dates
East Providence, RI: when does the frost end?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
East Providence sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 9 weeks until East Providence's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
East Providence against the rest of the dataset
East Providence's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 16,844 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within RI, it ranks 9 of 79.
Learn more
Before leaning on 02885's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around East Providence's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in East Providence can differ from the 02885 normal.