Woodstock, VT 05071 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Woodstock, VT?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/13, roughly 258 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 141 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodstock in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Woodstock before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Woodstock's last frost
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 36,943 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 165 of 330.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Woodstock can differ from the 05071 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Woodstock's frost date answer different questions.