Holyoke, MA 01040 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Holyoke, MA, ZIP 01040
Around 05/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 248 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 158 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Holyoke, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Holyoke has about 6 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.
The actual range around Holyoke's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 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 Holyoke compares
Holyoke's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 32,893 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 572 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Holyoke's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Holyoke can differ from the 01040 normal.