Woodstock, VT 05032 Frost Dates
Woodstock, VT: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/02, roughly 141 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodstock in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Woodstock's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Woodstock against the rest of the dataset
About 141 days separate Woodstock's last and first frost, putting it 36,934 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VT, it ranks 156 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05032's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Woodstock's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodstock can differ from the 05032 normal.