Wells River, VT 03561 Frost Dates
03561, near Wells River, VT: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/24, about 269 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/18, roughly 116 days after the last spring frost.
Wells River sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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
Wells River's growing season runs out in roughly 3 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wells River against the rest of the dataset
Wells River's growing season runs about 116 days, ranking 39,290 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VT, it ranks 317 of 330.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 03561: the frost range, on how to read the range around Wells River's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Wells River can differ from the 03561 normal.