Rutland, VT 05701 Frost Dates
Rutland, VT: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/15, about 260 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 132 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Rutland, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Rutland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/15 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 05/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rutland against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 132 frost-free days, Rutland places 38,164 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 261 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05701's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Rutland can differ from the 05701 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Rutland's frost date answer different questions.