Bridgeport, CT 06607 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bridgeport, CT, ZIP 06607
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 216 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bridgeport in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Bridgeport has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bridgeport compares
At roughly 216 frost-free days, Bridgeport places 13,689 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CT, it ranks 13 of 391.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bridgeport's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bridgeport's dates instead of trusting one.