West Burke, VT 05846 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West Burke, VT, ZIP 05846
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/19, roughly 264 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/29, about 129 frost-free days later.
Zone 4a (-30 to -25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for West Burke, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 4a around West Burke has about 5 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around West Burke's last frost
05/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Burke compares
West Burke's growing season runs about 129 days, ranking 38,506 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VT, it ranks 293 of 330.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around West Burke's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in West Burke can differ from the 05846 normal.