Newbury, VT 05083 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Newbury, VT, ZIP 05083
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/14, roughly 259 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/29, about 136 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Newbury 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 Newbury's last frost
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Newbury compares
At roughly 136 frost-free days, Newbury places 37,770 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 230 of 330.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Newbury can differ from the 05083 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Newbury's frost date answer different questions.