Providence, RI 02912 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Providence, RI, ZIP 02912
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 199 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Providence in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around 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 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 Providence compares
About 199 days separate Providence's last and first frost, putting it 17,981 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within RI, it ranks 21 of 79.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Providence's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Providence's dates instead of trusting one.