Barre, VT 05038 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barre, VT, ZIP 05038
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/14, roughly 259 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/29, about 136 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barre in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 5a around Barre has about 5 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barre compares
At roughly 136 frost-free days, Barre places 37,655 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 208 of 330.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Barre's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Barre can differ from the 05038 normal.