Derby Center, VT 05829 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Derby Center, VT?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/14, about 259 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 138 frost-free days later.
Derby Center sits in USDA Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Derby Center before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Derby Center's last frost
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Derby Center compares
About 138 days separate Derby Center's last and first frost, putting it 37,437 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VT, it ranks 195 of 330.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Derby Center can differ from the 05829 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 4a and Derby Center's frost date answer different questions.