Barton, VT 05839 Frost Dates
Barton, VT: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 06/01, about 277 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/13, roughly 103 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barton 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 2 weeks until Barton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Barton's last frost
06/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Barton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 103 frost-free days, Barton places 39,626 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 327 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05839's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Barton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Barton's dates instead of trusting one.