Torrington, CT 06061 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Torrington, CT, ZIP 06061
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/08, roughly 253 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 151 frost-free days later.
Torrington sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Torrington 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 Torrington's last frost
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Torrington compares
At roughly 151 frost-free days, Torrington places 34,945 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CT, it ranks 382 of 391.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Torrington's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Torrington's dates instead of trusting one.