West Burke, VT 05867 Frost Dates
West Burke, VT: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 06/01, roughly 277 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/13, roughly 103 days after the last spring frost.
West Burke sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 2 weeks until West Burke's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around West Burke'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.
West Burke against the rest of the dataset
West Burke's growing season runs about 103 days, ranking 39,631 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VT, it ranks 329 of 330.
Learn more
Before leaning on 05867's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and West Burke's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around West Burke's dates instead of trusting one.