Old Bennington, VT 05261 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Old Bennington, VT, ZIP 05261
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/10, roughly 255 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 147 frost-free days later.
Old Bennington 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Old Bennington 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Old Bennington compares
Old Bennington's growing season runs about 147 days, ranking 35,993 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VT, it ranks 92 of 330.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Old Bennington's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Old Bennington's dates instead of trusting one.