Newfane, VT 05360 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Newfane, VT?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/13, roughly 258 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/29, about 137 frost-free days later.
Newfane 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Newfane before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Newfane's last frost
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 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 Newfane compares
At roughly 137 frost-free days, Newfane places 37,600 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 207 of 330.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Newfane's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Newfane can differ from the 05360 normal.