Torrington, CT 06790 Frost Dates
Torrington, CT: when does the frost end?
Around 05/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 253 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 151 days after the last spring frost.
Torrington sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 5 weeks until Torrington'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
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Torrington against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 151 frost-free days, Torrington places 34,946 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within CT, it ranks 383 of 391.
Learn more
Before leaning on 06790's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Torrington can differ from the 06790 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Torrington's frost date answer different questions.