Albany, VT 05841 Frost Dates
05841, near Albany, VT: the frost window
Around 05/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 254 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/01, roughly 143 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Albany 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
Albany's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/27 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.
Albany against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 143 frost-free days, Albany places 36,654 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 131 of 330.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 05841: local microclimates, on what one yard in Albany can differ from the 05841 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 4b and Albany's frost date answer different questions.