Woodstock, VT 05059 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Woodstock, VT, ZIP 05059
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 141 frost-free days later.
Woodstock sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Woodstock 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
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodstock compares
At roughly 141 frost-free days, Woodstock places 36,940 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 162 of 330.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Woodstock's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodstock can differ from the 05059 normal.