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Naugatuck, CT 06524 Frost Dates

Naugatuck, CT: when does the frost end?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.

Naugatuck 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 7 weeks until Naugatuck's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee

04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Naugatuck against the rest of the dataset

At roughly 175 frost-free days, Naugatuck places 26,759 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CT, it ranks 311 of 391.

Learn more

Before leaning on 06524's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Naugatuck's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Naugatuck can differ from the 06524 normal.