Fenwick, CT 06423 Frost Dates
Fenwick, 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.
Fenwick sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 8 weeks until Fenwick'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.
Fenwick against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Fenwick places 20,607 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CT, it ranks 126 of 391.
Learn more
Before leaning on 06423's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Fenwick can differ from the 06423 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Fenwick's frost date answer different questions.