Providence, RI 02906 Frost Dates
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 10/30, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Providence, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Providence's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Providence's last frost
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 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Providence against the rest of the dataset
About 199 days separate Providence's last and first frost, putting it 17,976 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within RI, it ranks 16 of 79.
Learn more
Before leaning on 02906's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Providence's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Providence can differ from the 02906 normal.