Jewett City, CT 06351 Frost Dates
Jewett City, CT: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 192 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 Jewett City, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Jewett City'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
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Jewett City against the rest of the dataset
Jewett City's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,320 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within CT, it ranks 121 of 391.
Learn more
Before leaning on 06351's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Jewett City can differ from the 06351 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Jewett City's frost date answer different questions.