Barre, VT 05649 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barre, VT?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/16, roughly 261 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/29, about 136 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barre in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Barre before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Barre's last frost
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barre compares
At roughly 136 frost-free days, Barre places 37,660 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 213 of 330.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Barre's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Barre's dates instead of trusting one.