Rutland, VT 05767 Frost Dates
Rutland, VT: when does the frost end?
Around 05/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 258 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/02, roughly 141 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 5 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
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rutland against the rest of the dataset
Rutland's growing season runs about 141 days, ranking 36,881 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VT, it ranks 151 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05767'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 05767 normal.