Rutland, VT 05745 Frost Dates
Rutland, VT: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/15, roughly 260 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 132 days after the last spring frost.
Rutland 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.
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
About 132 days separate Rutland's last and first frost, putting it 38,170 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VT, it ranks 267 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05745's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Rutland's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Rutland can differ from the 05745 normal.