Newfane, VT 05353 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Newfane, VT, ZIP 05353
Around 05/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 253 days away. 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 Newfane, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Newfane 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.
The actual range around Newfane's last frost
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 Newfane compares
About 149 days separate Newfane's last and first frost, putting it 35,601 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VT, it ranks 89 of 330.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Newfane's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Newfane's dates instead of trusting one.