Ludlow, VT 05142 Frost Dates
Ludlow, VT: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/16, roughly 261 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/29, roughly 136 days after the last spring frost.
Ludlow sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Ludlow's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Ludlow's last frost
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ludlow against the rest of the dataset
Ludlow's growing season runs about 136 days, ranking 37,734 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VT, it ranks 221 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05142's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Ludlow can differ from the 05142 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Ludlow's frost date answer different questions.