Palmer Town, MA 01083 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Palmer Town, MA, ZIP 01083
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 169 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Palmer Town in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Palmer Town has about 7 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 Palmer Town's last frost
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 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 Palmer Town compares
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Palmer Town places 29,357 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 366 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Palmer Town can differ from the 01083 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Palmer Town's frost date answer different questions.