Barre, VT 05664 Frost Dates
Barre, VT: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/18, about 263 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/28, roughly 133 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Barre's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Barre's last frost
05/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Barre against the rest of the dataset
Barre's growing season runs about 133 days, ranking 38,043 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VT, it ranks 244 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05664's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Barre's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Barre's dates instead of trusting one.