Saxtons River, VT 05146 Frost Dates
Saxtons River, VT: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/02, roughly 146 days after the last spring frost.
Saxtons 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Saxtons River's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Saxtons River against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 146 frost-free days, Saxtons River places 36,094 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 94 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05146's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Saxtons River can differ from the 05146 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Saxtons River's frost date answer different questions.