Enosburg Falls, VT 05457 Frost Dates
05457, near Enosburg Falls, VT: the frost window
Around 05/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 263 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/30, roughly 134 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Enosburg Falls in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Enosburg Falls's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Enosburg Falls against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 134 frost-free days, Enosburg Falls places 37,981 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 235 of 330.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 05457: the frost range, on how to read the range around Enosburg Falls's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Enosburg Falls can differ from the 05457 normal.