Newbury, VT 05051 Frost Dates
Newbury, VT: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/15, about 260 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/28, roughly 133 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newbury 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 4 weeks until Newbury's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Newbury's last frost
05/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Newbury against the rest of the dataset
About 133 days separate Newbury's last and first frost, putting it 38,100 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VT, it ranks 255 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05051's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Newbury's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Newbury can differ from the 05051 normal.