Vergennes, VT 12932 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vergennes, VT, ZIP 12932
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 152 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Vergennes in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 4b around Vergennes has about 5 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
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vergennes compares
At roughly 152 frost-free days, Vergennes places 34,766 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VT, it ranks 58 of 330.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Vergennes's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Vergennes can differ from the 12932 normal.