Torrington, CT 06065 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Torrington, CT, ZIP 06065
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 168 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Torrington, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Torrington has about 7 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
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Torrington compares
About 168 days separate Torrington's last and first frost, putting it 29,665 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CT, it ranks 336 of 391.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Torrington's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Torrington can differ from the 06065 normal.