Bellows Falls, VT 05101 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bellows Falls, VT, ZIP 05101
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/08, roughly 253 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 149 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 Bellows Falls, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Bellows Falls 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.
Why 05/08 isn't a guarantee
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bellows Falls compares
About 149 days separate Bellows Falls's last and first frost, putting it 35,526 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VT, it ranks 76 of 330.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Bellows Falls's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Bellows Falls can differ from the 05101 normal.