Danielson, CT 06234 Frost Dates
Danielson, CT: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/09, roughly 161 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Danielson, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Danielson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Danielson against the rest of the dataset
About 161 days separate Danielson's last and first frost, putting it 32,032 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within CT, it ranks 367 of 391.
Learn more
Before leaning on 06234's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Danielson can differ from the 06234 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Danielson's frost date answer different questions.