West Burke, VT 05838 Frost Dates
West Burke, 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 10/03, roughly 143 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts West Burke in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until West Burke'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 05/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
West Burke against the rest of the dataset
West Burke's growing season runs about 143 days, ranking 36,623 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VT, it ranks 111 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05838's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around West Burke's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in West Burke can differ from the 05838 normal.