Rutland, VT 05748 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rutland, VT, ZIP 05748
Around 05/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 258 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/02, about 141 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rutland 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
Zone 5a around Rutland has about 5 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 Rutland's last frost
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rutland compares
At roughly 141 frost-free days, Rutland places 36,879 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 149 of 330.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Rutland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Rutland can differ from the 05748 normal.