Your nature year
Naugatuck, Connecticutthrough the year
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Naugatuck?
Naugatuck sits at about 213 feet. Spring green-up reaches town around Apr 6, with first blooms around May 6.
About 4 weeks pass between first leaf and first bloom here. Frost usually lets go around Apr 18 and comes back around Oct 26, according to NOAA's Mt Carmel station, 9.5 miles away: roughly 191 days without it. For a day trip, Weir Farm is 26 miles off; its fall foliage is Sep 15–Oct 25 (local timing). For cherry blossoms, the nearest is Brooklyn Botanic Garden (74 mi, from late March or early April to mid-May (local timing)). Head southwest for the closest of the 17 places we follow around Naugatuck.
Updated Sep 27. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Naugatuck's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~Apr 18 to ~Oct 26
- First leaf ~Apr 6
- First bloom ~May 6
- Today
Near Naugatuck right now
- First fall frost usually around Oct 26 · last spring frost around Apr 18NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Mt Carmel (9.5 mi, 50% dates)~4 weeks
- Weir Farm · 26 mi · Local timing: Sep 15–Oct 25Fall foliage · in its window now
- Winter wildlife · Great Meadows Refuge · 107 miLocal timing: Nov 1–30~5 weeks
Naugatuck's nature year
- Cherry blossoms · Brooklyn Botanic GardenMar–May
- Apr: Spring green-upApr
- Apr: Last spring frostApr
- Fall foliage · Weir FarmNowSep–Oct
- Oct: First fall frostOct
- Nov: Winter wildlife · Great Meadows RefugeNov
Nearby, season by season
Cherry blossoms
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden · 74 miLocal timing: from late March or early April to mid-May~6 months
Fall foliage
- Weir Farm · 26 miLocal timing: Sep 15–Oct 25
- McKinney Refuge · 34 miusually Oct 11–31~12 days
- Vanderbilt Mansion · 51 miusually Oct 11–20~12 days
Winter wildlife
- Great Meadows Refuge · 107 miLocal timing: Nov 1–30~5 weeks
Snow in Naugatuck
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 2 (our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%). NOAA's normals at Woodbury (10.3 mi away): 47 inches of snow in an average year, about 14.1 days with 1 inch or more.
NOAA's chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow on each date (one value per week, September to May), averaged over 1991–2020. A typical year, not a forecast.
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
Apr 18
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 26
About 191 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Apr 6
First bloom around May 6
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Mt Carmel (9.5 mi from Naugatuck), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Naugatuck?
On average around Oct 26, and the last spring frost around Apr 18: about 191 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Mt Carmel, 9.5 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Naugatuck?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Apr 6 and first bloom around May 6, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see cherry blossoms near Naugatuck?
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 74 miles (local timing: from late March or early April to mid-May). Distances are straight-line.
Where can I see fall foliage near Naugatuck?
Weir Farm, 26 miles (local timing: Sep 15–Oct 25); McKinney Refuge, 34 miles (usually Oct 11–31); Vanderbilt Mansion, 51 miles (usually Oct 11–20). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in Naugatuck?
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 2: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Woodbury. An average year brings 47 inches (NOAA 1991–2020). A typical year, not a forecast.Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal snowfall) ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (daily snowfall probabilities) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27)