Ludlow, VT 05062 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ludlow, VT, ZIP 05062
Around 05/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 261 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/29, about 136 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Ludlow, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Ludlow 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.
The actual range around Ludlow's last frost
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ludlow compares
About 136 days separate Ludlow's last and first frost, putting it 37,733 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VT, it ranks 220 of 330.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Ludlow's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Ludlow can differ from the 05062 normal.