Wells River, VT 05081 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wells River, VT?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/15, about 260 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/28, about 133 frost-free days later.
Wells River 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
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Wells River before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wells River's last frost
05/15 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. 06/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wells River compares
At roughly 133 frost-free days, Wells River places 38,105 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 260 of 330.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Wells River's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Wells River's dates instead of trusting one.