East Providence, RI 02905 Frost Dates
Frost dates for East Providence, RI, ZIP 02905
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 199 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around East Providence has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around East Providence's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How East Providence compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, East Providence places 18,023 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within RI, it ranks 46 of 79.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and East Providence's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around East Providence's dates instead of trusting one.