Last and first frost dates in Montpelier

When is the last frost in Montpelier?

The last frost in Montpelier usually comes around 8 May: that is the median of 2016–2025, so in about half of those years the last night at or below 0 °C came later. Hardy crops start before it and frost-tender ones only after it: in the table below arugula can go into open ground from 17 April, while corn waits until 20 May. The first autumn frost follows around 17 October, about 162 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

When to sow and plant

Planting out: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop; frost-hardy crops three weeks before it; an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Seedlings are sown so they are ready on that day. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

When the soil warms up in Montpelier

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 2 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 21 days after it.

Frost dates near Montpelier

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Burlington (22 April) and latest in Sherbrooke (8 May).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Montpelier

Within 15 km of Montpelier OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 1 farm-supply shop (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Guy's Farm & Yard, 1 km away.

• Guy's Farm & Yard — garden centre
  Barre Street 19, 05602 Montpelier · 1 km
• Tucker Machine Company Inc — farm supply
  South Main Street 267, 05641 Barre · Tue–Fri 08:00–17:00, Sat 09:00–14:00 · 10 km
• Agway — garden centre
  East Montpelier Road 190, 05602 Montpelier · 2 km
• T. E. Pembroke Landscaping — garden centre
  Terrace Street 1492, 05602 Montpelier · 4 km
• Thomas Farm & Garden — garden centre
  U.S. Route 302 535, 05641 Barre · Mon–Sat 08:00–18:00; Sun 09:00–17:00 · 5 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Montpelier
• Selling your own harvest in the United States

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Montpelier by month

Average weather in Montpelier over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (21.5–26.3 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in November–March (-12–-2.2 °C). About 1053 mm of rain falls in a year, on 148 days; October is the wettest month (109 mm) and February the driest (68 mm).

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).