Barre, VT 05669 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barre, VT, ZIP 05669
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/18, roughly 263 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/28, about 133 frost-free days later.
Barre 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
Zone 5a around Barre has about 4 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 Barre's last frost
05/18 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
About 133 days separate Barre's last and first frost, putting it 38,044 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VT, it ranks 245 of 330.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Barre's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Barre's dates instead of trusting one.