Saxtons River, VT 05143 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Saxtons River, VT, ZIP 05143
Around 05/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 258 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 143 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 Saxtons River, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Saxtons River 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 05/13 isn't a guarantee
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Saxtons River compares
At roughly 143 frost-free days, Saxtons River places 36,600 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 105 of 330.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Saxtons River's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Saxtons River's dates instead of trusting one.